Pantech Mobile Broadband Card on Mac OS X

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With the start of my new job last winter I treated myself to a mobile broadband card from Sprint. This PCMCIA card allows me to connect to the Internet while at work (or anywhere else that doesn’t have free Wi-Fi). So far I have only used it in the ThinkPad as I wasn’t able to get it to connect using the Powerbook.

As of right now, that is no longer the case. The steps below allowed me to connect to the Internet using the Pantech 500 card.

Here’s what I did:

You should now be connected. Your mileage may vary. Void where prohibited. Do not take internally. Do not operate light machinery while connected. Not responsible for fire, pestilence, exploding batteries or other damage to you, your household, or computer if you follow these steps.

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Mark H. Nichols

I am a husband, cellist, code prole, nerd, technologist, and all around good guy living and working in fly-over country. You should follow me on Twitter.