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Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

FHIQ — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:40:51 -0000

Thanks so much, your above instructions worked perfectly! The speed is quite impressive also - I have wireless at home and university but this is great when I’m on the road, or at a place where no net is available - Cheers!

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Scott — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:38:52 -0000

Im Using a MAC iBook with OS X version 10.4.11, The Optus Wireless Broadband USB Stick has been working but all of a sudden when i plug it in, My mac responds with Faild to find device. Please Help!!!!!!

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

CR — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:52:26 -0000

You are a life saver! Not mine, but my pregnant wifes (I have the internet at work). Cheers!

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Dave — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:00:57 -0000

I tryed it and i get an error message when dialing that says 'could no negotiate a connection with remote PPP server, verify settings and try again' ? any ideas

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

pete_schnapps — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 07:28:37 -0000

like phil, i had no idea what i was doing. for some reason it all worked though. weird. cheers, guy.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

D4rK — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:53:33 -0000

Doesnt Work on my Macintosh Laptop for some reason and the mobile connect doenst work and its non intel

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

phil — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:07:35 -0000

hey it all seems pretty simle and yet i dont have a clue what im doing. i downloaded the mac osx mobile connect but amongst all the fils i couldnt find the Mobile_Connect_Drv_App.pkg only .BOM, .PAX and .SIZES files. And also how am i to do al this disconnected?

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

scrytch — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:31:44 -0000

Just updated the Mobile Connect download to the latest (April 2008) version after doing some testing over the last month. Seems stable and instructions don't change from above. If you already have the previous version installed (ie got it before I posted this) then you can update just by running the installer.

Shane.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Mac Daddy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:33:26 -0000

Thanks so much, your above instructions worked perfectly! The speed is quite impressive also - I have wireless at home and university but this is great when I'm on the road, or at a place where no net is available - Cheers!

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

pm — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:01:48 -0000

Thanks a lot !!
I just got an Optus wireless HSDPA modem for my MB Pro. The sales staff assured me it worked with Macs out of the box. When I got it, ran the Huawei Mobile Connect App that comes with it, it failed to connect. Hours of waiting on the phone for Optus Tech support was a waste of time. When I finally got them, all he could say was re-install and reboot - typical windows mindset. He even got a bit testy saying I was wasting his time!!
But your instructions worked like a charm. I am connected at the highest speed the modem is capable of.

One note: One of the comments above mentioned entering something in the PIN field. The Optus modem came without a PIN, and it is working fine for me with the PIN field blank.

PM, Docklands, Melbourne

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Fla — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:01:42 -0000

I've followed your steps, but it has stopped because I haven't inserted a telephone number (although I placed *99#, which is a default number). Do I have to place the specific number for my country, provided by Vodafone? Thx in advance.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

whynotKenny — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:56:55 -0000

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you SOOOOO much..... i've recently had my PC laptop stolen, and have decided to buy an iMac. Not realising that my optus wireless broadband (with 20 months remaining on the contract) was "incompatible" with Mac. Thanks so much for sorting this out for me, I can't believe they don't advertise that it can be done.

Haven't got my iMac yet, in a couple of weeks!!! have bookmarked the site, thanks again!

Kenny :)

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

peterm — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:51:48 -0000

For dumbos like me would you please explain how we d/l this stuff with the modem disconnected? And why?

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

USB Marc — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:06:08 -0000

This is a great extension for Mac Wireless Broadband - great product.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

studli_wan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:13:44 -0000

Whoo! Internet on my new Mac! I converted last week but don't have a phoneline where I'm renting, so had to get the mobile internet. Thanks Shane!!!

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Cheryl from SA — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:58:23 -0000

Oh thank you so much for this info, after many calls to bloody dodo with no lucky, useless lot that thay are, i finally have the Huawei E220 connect on me Mac OS X Leopard version 10.5 desk top, in South Australia, it was the power PC driver that is required i think, bit un sure as put your optional Intel driver too, but never the less i am surfing. Now i have come across another problem i am in a 2g area and not a 3g area very slowwwyyy going on line, is there anything that can be done for this until Nov. when we get out new lines so can go adsl then yeah. I want to say thank you to people like you that help us out on the net and stop me pulling my hair out. Thumbs up to you.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Michael — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:32:14 -0000

There is one critical note missing from your guide above.

If your SIM card has a PIN code, the light will keep flashing green. You need to open the Huawei Mobile Connect app from your Applications folder (it gets installed there when you install the drivers), and use that.

When you open the Mobile Connect app, it will ask you for your PIN, type it in, hit OK. The light will turn from green to blue. You can now use this application to create a profile for your settings, it will enter them into the Mac Network Preferences, under the Huawei 3G modem profile (no need to create an additional profile by clicking the '+' symbol in Network prefs).

Once you've done this, then it'll all work okay, however unless you remove the PIN from the SIM (which can be done in the Huawei mobile connect app), you'll need to launch it each time and enter the PIN before the PPP connection will work from the Mac. You can, however, also just use the Mobile Connect app to connect.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

ricemeister — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:09:21 -0000

Hey, I didn't need to install anything extra for my modem. Plugged it into my iMac and it worked straight away. However I can no longer connect any of my computer's via my wireless network. I used to have NextG and could use the iMac to broadcast and my family could connect their laptops. With Optus my network keeps disappearing and none of them can get on the internet. Can you suggest how I can fix this?

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

peterjcat — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:54:43 -0000

Hey thanks a lot for this, another satisfied customer. I have an C2D MacBook running OS 10.5.4 and the instructions worked a treat. I'm now getting about 1.8 Mbps through the Optus USB thingy in Balmain, Sydney, not too shabby for wireless.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Jsun — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:23:44 -0000

im really needing some help!
i got a macbookpro & the damn optus usb modem...
when i first installed your solution it worked but only once.... the next day it didnt & thats when i needed it too..
i reinstalled it again ..over & over again but it didnt work???
by now im completely sick of the thing & about to switch to virgin or vodafone that do support mac...
im hopin that you can shed some light to my ignorance on this topic because its still costing me & im stuck in a contract & im leaving for a week tomorrow & i will again be needing internet when im away...
please help me resolve this asap.. it says " Could not negotiate a connection with the remote PPP server. Please verify your settings & try again"
i will hope to hear from you if you can help me

thank you

Jason

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Eggsta — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:01:13 -0000

hey there
my modem works fine but i was wondering if you know of a way to change networks? Im stuck on the old (very slow) network and i cant seem to find where i can change my settings to the WCDMA or UMTS network.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks
Eggsta

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Jack — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:43:28 -0000

On your instruction no. 6. When the drop down interface menu appears there is no HUAWEI available to be chosen. What can I do? I have loaded the drivers and run them.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Beau — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:13:56 -0000

Thank you so much!

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Nigel L — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:55:14 -0000

Re: the query about using the e200 with OSX10.3.9

Well, I bought a 3 mobile (UK) badged e220 this morning, got it running on a ThinkPad first and then hunted around the web for hints on how to get it running on my old iBook G4 which is running 10.3.9.

Success!

1. I downloaded the required driver from a Swedish site: http://www.communica.se/huawei/filarkiv/index.htm
2. I also downloaded the installation guide from that site (it's in English) and followed the instructions, obviously inputting the settings for 3 mobile UK rather than the networks mentioned in the install guide.
3. The e220 connected first time and it's happily running as I'm typing this and listening to some Bay Area jazz station via iTunes.
4. For monitoring usage on 10.3.9 I suggest trying SurplusMeter, which seems to be doing the job so far.

Re: Optus Wireless Broadband USB on Mac OSX

Mark23 — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:05:31 -0000

Thanks for providing a step by step information for the installation process, It was easy for me to install using you method.