Verizon VZAccess and FreeBSD

John Nielsen lists at jnielsen.net
Thu Jul 5 15:38:13 UTC 2007


On Thursday 05 July 2007 11:20:52 am Matt Juszczak wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a blackberry with Tethering support.  The only thing keeping me
> from switching fully over to FreeBSD from Windows is that I use VZAccess
> Manager with my Blackberry to connect to the net from wherever I am.
>
> I'm just wondering if this is supported in FreeBSD at all (and if so, is
> the high speed EVDO also supported?  I know some that have gotten it
> working as a modem at slower speeds).

For my V620 card, the VZaccess manager is as unnecessary in FreeBSD as it is 
in Windows. Just create a ppp entry to dial #777 and it should connect (just 
like only using the Dial-up Networking item in Windows works just fine).

JN


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