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Will K3565 Ever Work On A 12" Powerbook G4?

michaels7070
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‎24-07-2009 09:11 AM

This is a Huawei that works fine on a PC and, now, on a MacBook Pro running Leopard. But I recently thought I'd try a 12" Powerbook as being a bit more convenient for travel. It is running Tiger. Although it seems to get through OK to Vodafone I keep getting the message that it cannot negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. My question is, would an upgrade to Leopard do any good, or is it just a problem with Powerbooks or the 12" model in particular?
Mike
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Retired-Jon_V
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‎25-07-2009 07:26 PM

Hi michaels7070,

I'm afraid upgrading will not do any good, as our Pay-as-you-Go modems are not currently compatible with any Mac systems. This is stated on the Minimum System Requirements.

We are working on new software that will enable this to work, but for now the Top-up modems are PC only.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience :(

Jon

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michaels7070
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‎28-07-2009 08:44 PM

Hi michaels7070,

I'm afraid upgrading will not do any good, as our Pay-as-you-Go modems are not currently compatible with any Mac systems. This is stated on the Minimum System Requirements.

We are working on new software that will enable this to work, but for now the Top-up modems are PC only.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience :(

Jon

eForum Team


That's very interesting Jon, but the guy in the Vodafone shop who sold it me said it would work with a mac; it says on the box that it works with a "computer running Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP or Mac OS X Panther 10.3.9 or higher; and it actually has worked on my 15" MacBook Pro for the last month or more, so I think that establishes pretty conclusively that it is intended to work with Macs and in fact does so. So my original question remains - does anyone know of any reason why it does not work with the 12" Powerbook G4?
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epocalypse
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‎30-07-2009 02:29 PM

<_<

This is very interesting. I've been holding off buying a Pay-as-you-Go modem for some time due to the apparent lack of Mac support. It has now reached a time where picking one up is essential (I've just got an HTC Magic handset and tethering is "problematic"). I saw promises of Mac support to begin in March of this year but nothing materialised and it has reached the point where I've considered getting an O2 dongle instead. :wacko:

If it works on a MacBook running leopard then I may well jump on board. :ph34r:
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michaels7070
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‎31-07-2009 08:38 AM

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This is very interesting. I've been holding off buying a Pay-as-you-Go modem for some time due to the apparent lack of Mac support. It has now reached a time where picking one up is essential (I've just got an HTC Magic handset and tethering is "problematic"). I saw promises of Mac support to begin in March of this year but nothing materialised and it has reached the point where I've considered getting an O2 dongle instead. :wacko:

If it works on a MacBook running leopard then I may well jump on board. :ph34r:


Well you have to download the software from the net rather than just insert the disk, and check that the settings are right, but there are plenty of sites that tell you what they should be. The only problem I have found with the MacBook Pro and Leopard is the actual Vodafone coverage. On trains between London and Nottingham, for example, it connects only when in Leicester station....
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epocalypse
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‎31-07-2009 08:58 AM

Well you have to download the software from the net rather than just insert the disk, and check that the settings are right, but there are plenty of sites that tell you what they should be. The only problem I have found with the MacBook Pro and Leopard is the actual Vodafone coverage. On trains between London and Nottingham, for example, it connects only when in Leicester station....


Not a problem. It will be used in static locations mainly, at work or those places my ambulance is sent to stand by that I can't get wireless coverage. I'll order right now.
:lol:
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michaels7070
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‎01-08-2009 12:24 AM

For the benefit of others, I am now in a position to answer my original question in the affirmative. I have just put Leopard onto the powerbook and when I changed the settings to match the macbook it connects OK. Whether this is something to do with Leopard itself, or just that it is possible to enter more settings I do not know, but it now works fine on both my macs.
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