Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:26:17 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 and 3G Modems Message-ID: <4F208189.3010900@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <CAHieY7RLVR%2BBapx2aw=FLc4DAm7x1UmwNk_YsYpPkrK7D0Mgjg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAdA2WOgnyPT%2BtF_vB%2BLdWFarpXwOv%2BJWrsi2RVAFKpP9_f6aA@mail.gmail.com> <CAHieY7R=0eFTO=puhE%2Bd-zru=fZxsconxE%2Bz0=GzL-YynUJfBA@mail.gmail.com> <CAAdA2WPE-Uk4e3bhz75T1XX6fBPn4uTUH-AJgUhpo6nWvBHw-g@mail.gmail.com> <CAHieY7RLVR%2BBapx2aw=FLc4DAm7x1UmwNk_YsYpPkrK7D0Mgjg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 01/26/12 03:39, Alejandro Imass wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 5:50 AM, Odhiambo Washington<odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] > >> You know, sometimes all this process is what makes people shy off of *BSD. I am a diehard lover of FreeBSD, but the few times I have installed Linux on my laptop, this whole process was a breeze... well, not quite, but not as difficult as it is in FreeBSD. Luckily, I use WiFi more than I use 3G, so it's never quite bothered me. Even now, I just want to see how easy it can be on PC-BSD/FreeBSD, with a GUI to boot, if there is, but I do not feel it is such a big necessity for me, because I have D-Link DIR-825 which can use this modem on it's USB port and allow me to use 3G. >> > It used to be like that in Linux as well. It's only until recently > that the netowrk manager app supports 3g modems. The problem is when > these graphical apps fail you have virtually no way to see what's > going on, just plug and pray. > > If you get the tty, using Wvdial is actuall much easier than any other > dialing/ppp tool I've ever used. So even on Linuxes with NM applet and > 3g modem support I would use Wvdial, and on FBSD especially! wvdial is > much more robust than the nm apps, IMHO. > Network manager's a colossal screw up if you ask me- I had no end of trouble with it when I used linux. One very good reason to use FreeBSD when nm is inextricably linked to the core of linux (how is a gui app possibly allowed to do that, I'll never know). Sorry; and now back to your regular thread...
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