AC860 & AC875 Sierra aircards not supported.

[Eric Lee Elliott <eric ericelliott us>]

I wrote in error that Sierra AC860 & AC875 air cards were supported by 
NM & Linux.  They were & now are not.  Both cards continue to work well 
on Windiz XP thru ATT.  Both fail in current distros of Linux.
I know not how these cards fail using old versions of Linux that worked 
fine when current.  Kubuntu 7.04 & 7.1 both worked with the 860 & both 
now fail.  I have wasted several CDs & hours installing old versions of 
Fedora, Ubu & Kubu that used to work with these 2 cards.

Ubu & Kubu 9.04 do not install the 860 and find the 875 "not 3G 
capable".  Capable or not, it does > 2.8 Mb/S download using XP.

Sierra Wireless wrote that I should install driver 1.72 to replace 1.32 
in current kernel.  That does not make sense since I have not installed 
a Sierra driver since kubu 7.1.

I can buy another 885U to replace lost 885U Sierra but I am not happy to 
see 2 year old equipment abandoned, not even usable as spares.

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