AT&T USBConnect QuickSilver

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Monday, December 1, 2008

Now to Get 3G Wireless Working (AT&T USBconnect Quicksilver)

If you have Ubuntu running on a PC, Here are the steps to successfully get the AT&T USBconnect Quicksilver. I have to give a HUGE thanks out to Paul at PHARscape for helping me get this working. While Ubuntu 8.10 has a connection manager capable of configuring a WAN wifi connection, it does not support all of the latest USB devices at this time. Have no fear, it is really rather simple to get working now that there are files you can easily install via .deb.

So to get started you will want install a repo to enable access to rezero. You need this becasuse this USB modem has the drivers built into the device. When you insert the USB modem with out the use of rezero it will register as a CD and not as a Modem. Rezero will switch the devices mode from storage device to modem, which is what you want. option has made available an updated version of this software called "ozerocdoff". But I could not figure out how to install it and rezero worked just fine for me.

Install Rezero:

Paste this into your list of third-party repositories in synaptic. Located in System -->Administration -->Synaptic.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/martijn/ubuntu intrepid main

Remember to click reload. Then search for Rezero and install it. Now if you plugin your USB modem it will no loger be seen as a storage device.