I know of someone who uses a Three MIFI as he doesn't have home broadband
can you tell me how to set up the e173 thanksI have used a Huawei E173 (unlocked) and a 12 month prepaid 3 Sim with 12GB data allowance for a friend and it worked well. The boxes use very little data as long as you dont stream any services and the sim cards should last the 12 months. The driver for the E713 is available from the drivers section of the plugins. It operates freeze free providing there is a good 3 3G signal.
I got the dongle and sim from evil bay. The reception of UK satelite service outside of the UK could be a problem however and you would have to take into consideration the footprint of the satellite.
Hi Philip have sent you a pmcan you tell me how to set up the e173 thanks
Hi Alan, this thread is not about the vodafone dongle working in the Open/Skybox types nor is about using a £5 ebay dongle to pick up mifi or tethered phone internet the OP asked about using the 3G dongle directly in a zgemma. Unhelpful comments from other members saying search search don't help either, when I used this setup 16 months ago the only help I could find was from the openATV forum in german and after spending an hour last night searching this forum and google I was directed only back to this thread.Used my v8 only last week using Vodafone dongle worked brilliant
Hi Alan, this thread is not about the vodafone dongle working in the Open/Skybox types nor is about using a £5 ebay dongle to pick up mifi or tethered phone internet the OP asked about using the 3G dongle directly in a zgemma. Unhelpful comments from other members saying search search don't help either, when I used this setup 16 months ago the only help I could find was from the openATV forum in german and after spending an hour last night searching this forum and google I was directed only back to this thread.
The drivers are available, it is messy but can be done and yes the easiest way is mifi or tethering.
I have contacted philip1960 by pm and offered him a backup build to use.
There is a 3/4G Manager plugin available that can be used, but you need to know APN settings etc that can be found using google.