Will a Vodafone Vodem Stick work in a Win 7 Virtual Machine under Ubuntu?

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timestyles

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#55395 2-Jan-2010 23:01

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I'm running Ubuntu, and have a Windows 7 virtual machine (using Virtual Box) running underneath it. I wouldn't call the virtual machine fast, and I'm wondering whether it's up to running the software for the Vodem stick (the latest ones selling for less than $100 at DSE etc).

Has anyone tried this? I'm running a laptop with a dual core AMD processor running at 1.8GHz.

michaelmurfy

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#286592 3-Jan-2010 00:51

I have done this before with the older Vodem Sticks, and it does indeed work. Download the latest updated drivers from http://business.vodafone.com - Connect the stick with Virtualbox Open and it should play nicely together.

I'm also pretty sure the ZTE Prepay Vodem has native support under Ubuntu 9.10.

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timestyles

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#286615 3-Jan-2010 09:45

Thanks, I'll head over to Dick Smith and give it a go.

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#286619 3-Jan-2010 10:14

timestyles: Thanks, I'll head over to Dick Smith and give it a go.

Just one word of warning with those sticks:

When it's installed on your VM - Go into "Vodafone SMS" - and write a new message.
Write "buy bbsurfer" for 512mb ($30) or "buy bblite" for 100mb ($10) then send to 756.
Otherwise if you don't - and just hit connect, you will be on the casual rate and more-than-likely chew up all your credit in a day.

In otherwords, follow the instructions ;)

CamH

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#287007 4-Jan-2010 21:14

It should work fine. It's worked on a Virtual Box machine under CentOS 5, running Windows XP