[gentoo-user] GPRS/3G packages galore

[gentoo-user] GPRS/3G packages galore

[Grant]

Wow, there have just been a whole slew of GPRS/3G packages added to
portage.  This is really great to see, and I can be a great
contributor as far as providing network info.

http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/mobile-broadband-provider-info
http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2009/06/22/mobile-broadband-assistant-makes-it-easy/

http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/modemmanager
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2008-July/msg00276.html

http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/ofono?ts=2009-08-24T13:20:40Z
http://mobilemanager.movilforum.com/index.php/Home

I also noticed:

http://mobilemanager.movilforum.com/index.php/Home

Network Manager seems to be the integration platform of choice.  Does
anyone know if there are rumblings about integrating any of this with
wicd?  Has anyone tried any of this stuff?

- Grant

[gentoo-user] Re: GPRS/3G packages galore

[Grant]

> Wow, there have just been a whole slew of GPRS/3G packages added to
> portage.  This is really great to see, and I can be a great
> contributor as far as providing network info.
>
> http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/mobile-broadband-provider-info
> http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2009/06/22/mobile-broadband-assistant-makes-it-easy/
>
> http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/modemmanager
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2008-July/msg00276.html
>
> http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/ofono?ts=2009-08-24T13:20:40Z
> http://mobilemanager.movilforum.com/index.php/Home
>
> I also noticed:
>
> http://mobilemanager.movilforum.com/index.php/Home
>
> Network Manager seems to be the integration platform of choice.  Does
> anyone know if there are rumblings about integrating any of this with
> wicd?  Has anyone tried any of this stuff?
>
> - Grant

Whoops, the second to last link should be:

http://ofono.org/

- Grant

[gentoo-user] Re: GPRS/3G packages galore

[Grant]

> Wow, there have just been a whole slew of GPRS/3G packages added to
> portage.  This is really great to see, and I can be a great
> contributor as far as providing network info.
>
> http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/mobile-broadband-provider-info
> http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2009/06/22/mobile-broadband-assistant-makes-it-easy/
>
> http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/modemmanager
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/networkmanager-list/2008-July/msg00276.html
>
> http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-misc/ofono?ts=2009-08-24T13:20:40Z
> http://mobilemanager.movilforum.com/index.php/Home
>
> I also noticed:
>
> http://mobilemanager.movilforum.com/index.php/Home
>
> Network Manager seems to be the integration platform of choice.  Does
> anyone know if there are rumblings about integrating any of this with
> wicd?  Has anyone tried any of this stuff?
>
> - Grant

Just read on IRC that integration is planned for wicd-2.0 and they
will likely share the same carrier database as above.

- Grant