Please note that all the parameters remain the same, including the dial-up number – just follow the instructions.
The best place to look for the required installation is here where you’ll find easy-to-understand, step-by-step instructions. Since there is no compatible software/drivers offered by Mobitel or Huawei, Mac users have to do a bit of homework themselves searching all over the net. It works like a charm with my Intel-based MacBook pro and it is also compatible with the old Power-PC based Macs – I have connected it to my old G4 tower at home. Well, here’s the good news: The Huawei E220 HSPDA USB modem works perfectly well with the Mac. That’s bad news if you are interested in using the modem with your G4 or G5 desktop. The clueless and helpless sales personnel at Mobitel would, at best, ask you to bring your “machine” so that their tech guys could check it out to see if it works. The promo-literature does not mention compatibility and the self-intallation disk that’s included in the modem does NOT carry a Mac Installation. This little note will hopefully help those Sri Lankan Mac Users who are reluctant to take advantage of Mobitel’s M3 broadband offer.Īsk a Mobitel Sales Person if the Huawei E220 HSPDA USB Modem compatible with Mac OSX Leopard and they would draw a blank. They are the ones who are different, and more often than not, pay a little price for being different.
