Re: GSM modems supported by network-manager-0.7 - help!

[Alexander Sack <asac ubuntu com>]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:56:04AM -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-09-14 at 20:48 +0200, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote:
> > I am considering buying iPlus (internet access from a Polish GSM
> > provider Polkomtel), and I have trouble predicting which GSM modem
> > would work with network-manager-0.7 on Hardy.
> > 
> > I want to use network-manager and not pppd or wicd; I want
> > GPRS/UMTS/HSDPA (HSPA might be useful in future); ExpressCard or
> > PCMCIA is preferred, USB is acceptable.
> > 
> > iPlus provides a small choice of modems
> > <http://www1.plus.pl/si/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/SiPhonesListCmd?catalogId=1000000002&categoryId=1000000016&viewId=2&storeId=10001>:
> > - Huawei E800 (ExpressCard)
> > - ZTE MF335 (ExpressCard)
> > - Huawei E630 (PCMCIA)
> > - Huawei E870 (HSPA, ExpressCard)
> > - Option Icon 225 (USB)
> 
> I have a 225 (thanks Option!).  It works.  I used it to add support for
> newer Option cards to NetworkManager.  If it's busted in any way, I'll
> fix it since I have the hardware.

I think this kind of request will probably be a frequently asked
question in the future. Is there a way we could come up with a list of
hardware that we know works with NM 0.7 and 2.6.27 kernel?

Most likely we won't get access to all hardware available, so I guess
we would need to setup some kind of community feedback process.

Maybe we could have an option in NM that allows users to opt-in to
such feedback? They could then submit results for hardware/kernel
combinations which we could aggregate in list useful for end users.

What do you think?

 - Alexander