UMTS USB Stick

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minimike

Hi

I'm living in Germany. For my Notebook with FreeBSD I'm searching a UMTS USB Stick. Which one I could buy without a Simlock? It should be usable in Germany! Any suggestions what I could buy? I'm thinking about to buy a Stick from Medion, there are available from ALDI Supermarkets. But I don't know it would work on FreeBSD :/

best regards
Darko Hojnik
 
Can't say about "without simlock", but while being in Germany now, I've got Vodafone internet startup for just 10Euros. Included stick detected as Vodafone Mobile Broadband K3565-Z Vodafone (ZTE). After adding it's ID to u3g driver it works quite nice.
 
I have one from "Prosieben" (Vodafone, Huawei, works with u3g) which I got for 30 Euros with 10 Euros credit on the SIM card. I haven't tried a different SIM card so I can't say anything about a SIM lock.
 
I got that K3565-Z from Vodafone too...it is detected correctly after adding its ID to the u3g driver, I can send it the PIN and so on ...but it doesn't connect! Could someone please post the ppp.conf he used...Thanks
 
Code: 
default:
 set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command +connect
n24:
 set device /dev/cuaU0.0
 set speed 460800
 set phone *99***1\#
 set authname vodafone
 set authkey
 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \
         \"\" \
         AT OK-AT-OK \
         AT+CFUN=1 OK-AT-OK \
         AT+CSQ OK \
         AT+CGDCONT=1,\\\"IP\\\",\\\"event.vodafone.de\\\" OK \
         AT+CGACT? OK-AT-OK \
         AT+CGATT? OK \
         AT+COPS? OK \
         ATD*99***1# CONNECT"
 set timeout 180 # 3 minute idle timer (the default)
 set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
 set vj slotcomp off
 set crtscts on
 add default HISADDR
 
With my modem it was nontrivial to find to use port /dev/cuaU0.3. Some other ports also answering to AT commands, but not connecting.
 
That was the problem I experienced.../dev/cuaU0.3 is the one that connects. All others report NO CARRIER or just do not answer!
 
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