Newbie Needs Help!!!

I have just bought my daughter a netbook for xmas (second hand but new)
Acer Aspire One A110AB Netbook
Linux Lite operating system.

But we have 3 broadband dongle's and it won't work.

Can anyone help please.

 

Hi, there's a dedicated 3G forum here that would be worth browsing. Try this post: viewtopic.php?f=42&t=7006&p=46048&hilit=liveupdate#p46048 for starters. I believe that you can also download mobile partner from acer (http://www.acer.com/aspireone/support/f ... nnect.html).

 

I have looked at all the different thing's on here and i have mobile partner on the netbook, but still can't get it to work.

HELP PLEASE

 

Maybe for the beginning you can tell us what type of dongles you have...

 

Ok sorry I didn't think of that bit

HUAWEI E160G HSDPA USB Stick.

On the 3 network.

Thank you.

 

Well, that stick is supposed to be supported by mobile partner, and you now say you've followed instructions from the 3G forum. Please describe, in some detail, precisely what you do, and what happens as a result (Hint: saying "I plug it in and it doesn't work" won't get you very far).

 

I have that device on 3 and you need to enter some details before it will work.

The connecting software for 3G cards requires the apn which tells the laptop what network to use this is
three.co.uk

next you need to enter the user name and password which are both

threeuk

hope this helps.
Is it pay as you go?

 

Hi ok i did as it said in one the other forum thread's.

goto my doc's -
file-
terminal-
type xfce-setting-show -
click desktop -
Behavior -
click show desktop menu on right click

then go to desktop

right click -
go to network -
and GNOME PPP problem no gnome at all let alone gnome ppp



went back into.

terminal-
type xfce-setting-show -
click on preferred applications
web browser all it has is Mozilla Firefox

so i typed in GNOME PPP but it say's it's not supported.

 

Well it sounds as if you don't actually have mobile partner installed, contrary to what you said above. It ought to be turning up in both the right click menu and in your connect menu. Which method did you use to install it?

 

Ok well Mobile partner is on the machine in the CONNECT part.


Also just been down the pub with wifi connected my laptop ok but not the netbook.

It saw it and tried and tried and tried.....

you get the picture.

 

And have you tried using it, putting in the settings already provided to you? And if so, what happens?

 

I just wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU to all that helped me.

I don't know what I did, how I did it or anything but it is now working and best of all I have a happy daughter.


What I did - well I went back into Mobile Partner reput all the password, username, phone no.
Like I have a hundred times. But this time it worked and connected.

Thank you again.