XS Community Edition/Features/3G support

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Summary

A feature to automatically recognize and configure 3/4G-GSM/CDMA modems plugged into the school server. The user flow would be:

• Administrator plugs in 3G modem
• Server automatically detects and configures internet from it
• Clients are able to browse the internet through the 3g modem connected to the server.

Owner

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• Name: Basanta Shrestha <basanta.shrestha@olenepal.org>

Current status

• Targeted release: 0.5
• Last updated: October 21, 2013
• Percentage of completion: 0%

Benefit to XSCE

2/3G internet has much wider availability than other means of connectivity. Being able to support usb modems out of the box would make the server much more valuable.

Scope

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