Comments on: Telstra Next G Card Working with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard…

By: Adam Craven

Adam Craven — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:24:31 +0000

Hi there, any one know if any of this works in the new Snow Leopard 10.6.1?

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:18:26 +0000

Rodney, you are a bloody legend! Thanks

By: Rick

Rick — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:54:05 +0000

This was useful but I got fed up with problems with Telstra and cancelled my service. A question though: Can the Option GT card be setup to use with another carrier’s service such as a GSM provider in the UK, etc? If so, how would I go about doing THAT instead of buying another pricey card? Thank!

By: Eric Lindsay

Eric Lindsay — Thu, 29 May 2008 06:00:54 +0000

I failed to get an Option Express card working on a friend’s MacBook Pro via System Preferences, but believe this was because the NextG card SIM PIN needed to be removed first. I downloaded the updated Telstra GT Connect software that jrod mentioned. It did work, after some fiddling with incorrect IP numbers already in the Mac from some phone dealer. No idea yet whether it will stay working.

By: jrod

jrod — Thu, 22 May 2008 00:55:30 +0000

You can find the fix here: http://www.telstra.com.au/business/help/downloads/mobilebroadband.html#gtExpress

By: monika

monika — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:47:25 +0000

i’ve tried this with leopard on a macbook, and in the first step when i click
to add modem hardware from the interface list, it doesn’t populate the list with anyhting other than airport, bluetooth, ethernet and firewire…and then the same jargon that you show here under the faint grey line…reasons? what to try?

By: Telstra Next G Option card stopped working in os x 10.5 - MacTalk Forums

Telstra Next G Option card stopped working in os x 10.5 - MacTalk Forums — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:41:33 +0000

[...] showed how I got my Option Express card working under Leopard (using the inbuilt network prefs). Telstra Next G Card Working with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard… � Rodney Campbell’s Blog However I also upgraded the firmware on my card (under Vista) to support the higher speed and it [...]

By: jason

jason — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:48:44 +0000

Hi,

Anybody know how to upgrade AT&T GT max3.6 express card to 7.2Mbps?
the model is GE0202.

Many thanks.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:02:18 +0000

Andrea, I tried that Connection Manager you mentioned and it works really well. Thanks for the tip! But it support 3 and Optus as well and WLAN. Amazing!

By: Andrea Smith

Andrea Smith — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:21:03 +0000

Hi Guys,

I just found a cool piece of software. It seems to be a Connection Manager that has all the settings of all the operators, including those of Telstra. They offer it for free at their website, http://www.iqonn.com. Probably frustrated with the Telstra software i reckon.

Andrea