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

[Robert Citek]

Smells like tethering.
I do that often, just not with that equipment.
To any connected host, it should look like just another Ethernet over USB
connection.
Is that what you are doing?
What issues are you having?

Regards,
- Robert

On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 12:53 PM 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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