[NTLUG:Discuss] Any idea how to get a SprintEVDOwirelessbroadband card to

[. Daniel]

NDIS wrapper is for ethernet hardware.  I couldn't imagine NDIS wrapper 
helping out on such a device.  The network connection is via pppd after 
all.

The device drivers' filenames seem to indicate that the device is a USB 
device.

Does "usbview" indicate anything present?

>I tried using ndiswrapper.  It did not work.  I found two .inf files
>from WinXp install CD: nwusbmdm.inf  nwusbser.inf.
>The ndiswrapper command ran without errors, but did not show
>"hardware present".
>
>Also, when I insert the card, it does not cause any new entries in
>the "lspci" output.  However, I still get the kernel message:
>    pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks!!
>
>David
>
>
>
> >From: "Gilbert Morrow" <gkfmorrow at gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: NTLUG Discussion List <Discuss at ntlug.org>
> >To: "NTLUG Discussion List" <Discuss at ntlug.org>
> >Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Any idea how to get a Sprint
> >EVDOwirelessbroadband card to
> >Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 01:37:42 -0500
> >
> >That is a good sign , means the kernel is loading a module for the card 
,
> >have you tried ndiswrapper ?
> >Do "dmesg" see if it is there and from root shell do "lspci" , if there 
and
> >no driver for it , it will not work , but all you need is the driver 
then .
> >Ndiswrapper uses Winder drivers .inf to provide drivers for PCMCIA cards 
in
> >Linux .
> >Later
> >
> >
> >
> >On 7/18/06, David Trusty <dwtrusty at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > When I insert the card (after I did the modprobe), all I get is this
> > > message:
> > >
> > >    pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > >From: Wayne Walker <wwalker at bybent.com>
> > > >Reply-To: Wayne Walker <wwalker at bybent.com>,NTLUG Discussion List
> > > ><Discuss at ntlug.org>
> > > >To: NTLUG Discussion List <Discuss at ntlug.org>
> > > >Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Any idea how to get a Sprint EVDO
> > > >wirelessbroadband card to work under SUSE 10?
> > > >Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 20:11:25 -0500
> > > >
> > > >Run "dmesg | grep -i acm"  see if it's showing up as an ACM device.
> >for
> > > >me, my evdo (albeit T-Mobile) shows up as /dev/ttyACM0...
> > > >
> > > >On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 07:45:43PM -0500, David Trusty wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a Sprint broadband PCMCIA card (Merlin S620), and I am
> > > > > running SUSE 10.1.   I have seen some web notes about using 
modprobe
> > > > > and ppp to get it to work, but these procedures don't work on 
SUSE
> > > 10.1.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks!!
> > > > >
> > > > > David
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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