Good news for anyone with Sierra Wireless Aircard 880

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Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6 - Good News for Laptop Users

I mentioned last week that the Network Manager / Mobile Broadband was very close to working with my Sierra Wireless AirCard 880. With this new alpha release, it's no longer "very close", it works just fine. When I insert the AirCard a new entry shows up in the Network Manager menu, and when I click on Mobile Broadband the AirCard connects and I get 2+ Mbps download and 256+ Kbps upload speeds. Very impressive - and let me just say again, this is "out of the box", with no configuration, adjustment, definition or fine-turning necessary.

Out of the box!!

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[crutch]

Hi,
I have a sierra aircard 880U with intrepid, and I can't seem to get any response out of networkmanager. Is the 880 you are referring to the USB model (880U) or the PCMIA card (880E)? If you have any suggestions that might be able to help me I would be very grateful.

[analogred]

Hi,
I have a sierra aircard 880U with intrepid, and I can't seem to get any response out of networkmanager. Is the 880 you are referring to the USB model (880U) or the PCMIA card (880E)? If you have any suggestions that might be able to help me I would be very grateful.

Most likely referring to the PC card version. Ubuntu has historically been a jerk about every usb network adapter I've tried. Just recently, I upgraded to Ibex, and I've been trying to get my Mercury aircard working for a week with no luck. If you find anything out, post it!