[Server-devel] using a USB modem for Internet access

[Peter Robinson]

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:00 AM, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> I have a XS setup at a remote location in India, where the XS has a
> Ethernet port set up as WAN, and a Mesh antenna (USB) set up as the
> LAN interface. We've used the Ethernet WAN port via a crossover cable
> via Internet-connection-sharing via Windows XP via a USB 3G modem
> (make sense?). I use OpenVPN to establish a tunnel to this machine
> whenever it gets online. This may sound like a complicated setup, but
> it works, except for the Windows XP part, which is a bit of work every
> time and not very reliable.
>
> Now, we have the possibility of using a compatible USB 3G modem to get
> to the Internet directly. I am looking at
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/XS_Techniques_and_Configuration#Using_a_different_WAN_connection
> to setup the USB stick as the WAN port. I have one shot at this.
> Essentially, when I get to the XS, it will be through the Ethernet
> port, but when I change things over, its a one shot deal. Anything
> else I should concern myself with? Any gotchas?

The gnome internet sharing should happily share your 3G connection via
wired or wireless quite successfully if you have the gnome UX
installed.

Cheers,
Peter