Comment 3 for bug 280490

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benoit (benoitseligmann) wrote : RE: [Bug 280490] Re: Virgin Australia Broadband 3G cannot connect in Intrepid Beta

how do u manage to turn the chap off... i think there is a bug in network manager: when i configure a netwotk manually i turn it off it turns itself on again

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> Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:36:39 +0000
> Subject: [Bug 280490] Re: Virgin Australia Broadband 3G cannot connect in Intrepid Beta
>
> Had the same problem using the e169 from virgin but got it to work by
> manually editing the connection settings and changing the APN and
> turning off CHAP.
>
> The mobile broadband setup wizard puts in the APN as "VirginInternet"
> but the Virgin website says it is "VirginBroadband", once this was
> changed manually and the CHAP options turned off for authentication it
> works.
>
> --
> Virgin Australia Broadband 3G cannot connect in Intrepid Beta
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/280490
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> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> i tried two modems on live cd : e169 and e220 and in both case the modem is recognized as a 3g device. when i connect the device it seems like it fails the authentication.

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