From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 18 02:41:44 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1815A106566C for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:41:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jpaetzel@freebsd.org) Received: from out2.smtp.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCE2F8FC13 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:41:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute2.internal (compute2.internal [10.202.2.42]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A62ABCDC95; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:24:01 -0500 (EST) Received: from heartbeat1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute2.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:24:01 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=smtpout; bh=44I71DDuYRcQjMkUFLnQBpzb7Bw=; b=cSXeODU6OfRliu8Fj6V/9iY7HobuISx3CEU3hHyUU9Rw8iT2YPJN+3jyuUWJNfaLRHu4RQD5oZzbQqrhehGEyDYxcb9jA3bNVfpz3MqcSWEE06NwMnejkIaOYmOMG+5AxRXas/gGTnDNu8IfpKtT1nkEBsF2H+O7zpCg0a16U7c= X-Sasl-enc: sbeto38+U4ZDGyRlScrvIWpFt+jgAbBbgzKVg8uF5ysT 1263781441 Received: from ix.tcbug.org (97-92-80-104.dhcp.dlth.mn.charter.com [97.92.80.104]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 2A23F4B3034; Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:24:01 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <4B53C621.30806@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 20:23:29 -0600 From: Josh Paetzel Organization: FreeBSD User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20091221) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Warren Block References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Comments on Verizon Mobile Broadband wanted X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 02:41:44 -0000 Warren Block wrote: > Can anyone comment on using the Verizon 3G service for "broadband" > access on FreeBSD? > > Which devices are supported on FreeBSD? Is USB or PC-Card preferable? > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I've used Sprint for years, should be the same setup. I've had both PCMCIA cards and USB. Currently using a Compass 597 USB device. You'll just want to make sure whatever you get is supported by the u3g driver. As an observation, the PCMCIA devices are USB controllers with the USB modem embedded, so going with a USB device saves a layer and is cheaper to boot. -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel FreeBSD -- The power to serve