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I have bought an O2 USB Mobile Broadband dongle see http://www.littlewoodsdirect.com/rf/...ial&SNu=pca_id so that I can access pay as you go. I have an Acer AspireOne Netbook with 512 mb Ram and 120Gb HDD. It is running Linpus™ Linux® Lite version see http://www.acer.co.uk/acer/product.d...rAjaxHistory=4 for tech spec. The browser is Firefox.

I have got (I think) the latest updates installed for Linux that I was told should allow an idiot like me to just connect. I'm obviously a bigger idiot than people think!! What I am struggling with is getting the dongle to connect so that I can get online. I have tried going through connection manager and 3G in the menu, but to no avail. The light on the dongle goes solid blue/turquoise but I just cannot get it to open. To be honest I do not really know how I got the light to come on! I can see the dongle in connection manager, but when I highlight it it does not give me the option (as it does with my normal WiFi) to connect. The connection option just stays pale grey in the background. In fact I'm not sure if I have even installed the dongle correctly.

An idiots guide to what I should be doing and how to do it will be very much appreciated. As I'm not at home I do not have the Netbook with me so will have trouble providing specific answers to any questions. I will give it a go though if anyone can help otherwise the answers will have till wait till tonight.

many thanks