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As many laptops nowadays, the Dell's D820 we are currently certifying at Mandriva includes an HSDPA card. French models use a Novatel Merlin EU740 PCI Express card.

See a nice review of HSDPA on D820.

gcom allows to enter the PIN code for this card, but then it fails to detect the current network, while it works fine using AT+COPS? in minicom. Maybe I can use gcom with custom scripts and adequate delays. gsmctl (from gsmlib) fails to manage this card.

Once the device is reachable through serial port devices, the only important configuration is the APN (Access Point Name), see a list of known APNs. Then, it will integrate nicely with the new network configuration tool we have in project.

Some articles about 3G/GPRS cards:

Some interesting articles about EVDO (Evolution-Data Optimized) cards:

Though, I haven't found in these articles how to easily enter the PIN code for the SIM card. These cards are probably unlocked by default, since they're meant to reside in the laptop. Anyway, it should be available through standard AT commands,



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