Windows is *HARD*
I am on vacation, by the sea. So, I don't have my usual internet connectivity. I decided to buy a 3G modem and decided purely based on price, ending up with a ZTE modem provided by Claro.
On Windows, it works well enough:
- Plug it in
- Get the autostart window
- Start the installer
- Click Next a few times
- Reboot
- Start the client to connect
- Click on the "world" icon
- Wait a little
- Internet!
I tried it on windows first because I assumed it would work on my wife's computer, and I could do an ad-hoc wifi network so I could connect mine. Well, no.
So I tried it on Ubuntu. It does work too:
- Plug it in
- Say I am in Argentina
- Say it's a Claro 3G service
- Go to Network Indicator
- Click on "Claro 3G"
- Wait a little
- Internet!
And yes, I can do an ad-hoc connection and provide service to everyone else. Plus I don't have an unclosable window laying around all the time.