Hello.  I've just started using the card, so I can't speak to its
long-term reliability, but so far, it's held connections fine.  I
transfered the i386-3.0cd ISO from netbsd.org to my laptop as a test, and
the transfer went fine, though it was slow.  I attribute this to the
service in my neighborhood, rather than the card itself or its interactions
with NetBSD.
	Acting on a tip from someone on one of the NetBSD mailing lists, and
confirmed by a howto on Linux, I increased the buffer space in
/usr/src/sys/dev/usb/umodem_common.c to 2048 and 1024 bytes respectively
for in and out buffers.  I don't know if this had an effect yet, because,
as I say, I don't think the network is high speed in my neighborhood.
I forgot to document this change in the pr, so perhaps I should amend it.
-Brian
On Jun 28,  6:15am, "Jeremy C. Reed" wrote:
} Subject: Re: wireless internet and NetBSD?
} On Sun, 25 Jun 2006, John Nemeth wrote:
} 
} > } Novatel (or Merlin?) V620
} > 
} >      I've worked with the CDPD version of this card.  It presented a
} > serial interface, spoke PPP, and basically just worked (ignoring bugs
} > in NetBSD at various points).
} 
} Thanks for the note. I was told that the PC5740 drops connections. Any 
} connections dropping with the Novatel card? How often do you use it?
} 
} >      There are currently some nasty bugs in NetBSD's pcmcia code which
} > may affect one of more of these cards.
} 
} Anything that should be reported in gnats?
} 
} I have read now about three different cards being used (and a fourth that 
} does not work).
} 
} I cc'd Brian on this email since he just sent a PR kern/33843 about using 
} Qualcomm/Kyocera EVDO cards.
} 
} Brian: do you have any connections drop? How often do you use it?
} 
} 
} 
}  Jeremy C. Reed
} 
} echo '9,J8HD,fDGG8B@?:536FC5=8@I;C5?@H5B0D@5GBIELD54DL>@8L?:5GDEJ8LDG1' |\
} sed ss,s50EBsg | tr 0-M 'p.wBt SgiIlxmLhan:o,erDsduv/cyP'
>-- End of excerpt from "Jeremy C. Reed"