Comments on: mobile internet on your kogan agora netbook http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/2009/05/18/mobile-internet-on-your-kogan-agora-netbook/ installing, upgrading and configuring the kogan agora netbook Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:59:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Late night coder http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/2009/05/18/mobile-internet-on-your-kogan-agora-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-14343 Late night coder Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:17:03 +0000 http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/?p=281#comment-14343 Hello, I can also confirm that the Telstra NextG USB modem worked just fine. If you're going to set this up, I would also recommend installing "Firestarter" under Ubuntu (Administration -> Package Manager). It is a Personal Firewall interface to iptables. Configure Firestarter (with your USB Modem attached) such that it is running on ppp0 (the modem/Internet interface) and so that it auto-starts when that interface/link comes up (i.e. whenever you are online, via the respective mobile network). Even though the mobile network you're on may be using RFC1918 (private) addressing), you are not immune to attack. You should see probes/attacks from various Windows virus and worm infections, from other mobile network devices that are running as a Windows platform. Hello,

I can also confirm that the Telstra NextG USB modem worked just fine.

If you’re going to set this up, I would also recommend installing “Firestarter” under Ubuntu (Administration -> Package Manager). It is a Personal Firewall interface to iptables. Configure Firestarter (with your USB Modem attached) such that it is running on ppp0 (the modem/Internet interface) and so that it auto-starts when that interface/link comes up (i.e. whenever you are online, via the respective mobile network).

Even though the mobile network you’re on may be using RFC1918 (private) addressing), you are not immune to attack. You should see probes/attacks from various Windows virus and worm infections, from other mobile network devices that are running as a Windows platform.

]]> By: Matt http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/2009/05/18/mobile-internet-on-your-kogan-agora-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Matt Wed, 20 May 2009 11:28:18 +0000 http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/?p=281#comment-84 Many thanks for this - I ended up working this out, but unfortunately the modem didn't appear in the network list :-( Anyhows, I ended up installing Windows XP, as we bough the Agora for my sister-in-law who isn't all that computer literate, so I opted for safe and simple XP set-up. But thanks again for your help - I enjoyed mucking around with Ubuntu! One warning I'll give to anyone thinking of wiping the gOS install - I lost a number of drivers (wireless network and sound in particular, for both the Ubuntu and XP install) which was quite a pain in the arse to reinstall. So make sure you know how to re-find these in case it happens to you. Also, installing XP from usb was a reasonably complicated process - I couldn't get it to work from the site that the Agora handbook links to, but I did manage to get it done relatively easy from the following link: http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html It was much easier installing Ubuntu - thanks to Kayno's instructions :-) Many thanks for this – I ended up working this out, but unfortunately the modem didn’t appear in the network list :-(

Anyhows, I ended up installing Windows XP, as we bough the Agora for my sister-in-law who isn’t all that computer literate, so I opted for safe and simple XP set-up.

But thanks again for your help – I enjoyed mucking around with Ubuntu!

One warning I’ll give to anyone thinking of wiping the gOS install – I lost a number of drivers (wireless network and sound in particular, for both the Ubuntu and XP install) which was quite a pain in the arse to reinstall. So make sure you know how to re-find these in case it happens to you.

Also, installing XP from usb was a reasonably complicated process – I couldn’t get it to work from the site that the Agora handbook links to, but I did manage to get it done relatively easy from the following link:

http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/installing-windows-xp-from-usb-thumb.html

It was much easier installing Ubuntu – thanks to Kayno’s instructions :-)

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