[PLUG] Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile, labeled "4G LTE HotSpot

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Sat Jun 4 18:57:33 UTC 2022


I know what a hotspot is. What do you mean by "host"? And how is that
different than "others"?

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022, 11:52 Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:

> On 06/04/2022 12:37 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
> > I don't have one, so I can't help in the way you are requesting, but
> > because as a volunteer I don't feel constrained by your constraints, I
> will
> > ask anyway: If Wifi turned off, how are you connected to the hotspot?
>
> As intended by the manufacturer <grin>
> It connects to:
>    host via USB
>    internet via cell network
>    others via WiFi
>
> > I assume you are installing debian on a computer and not on the hotspot.
>
> View "hotspot" as a fancy modem.
>
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 4, 2022, 10:07 Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I am using an Alcatel Linkzone sold by T-Mobile.
> >> It is labeled "4G LTE HotSpot.
> >> The WiFi has been turned off via the device's setup menu.
> >>
> >> Is anyone on this list using that device? ?? ???? ;}
> >>
> >>
> >> I am trying to install Debian 11.3
> >>     [requires non-free firmware]
> >>
> >> I have succeeded. *ROFL* ;/
> >>         *BUT* I'm trying to document encountered problems.
> >>
> >> I'm developing a test procedure to be the basis of a "bug report".
> >>
> >> I am looking for a fellow Linkzone user to be a QC checkpoint.
> >>
> >> Takers &/or comments.
> >> TIA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
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