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A couple of months ago I was able to get the 3 network's PCMCIA card working for Internet access from my Ubuntu (Debian based) Linux laptop. I received a question about it, so I thought I'd make some notes here in case they're of use to someone else as well.

The logs on my laptop have all rotated, so I don't have details on the PCMCIA (CardBus) device anymore ;-(

From memory, apart from the slightly strange PPP config, I needed to install just one package:
apt-get install pcmcia-cs

I suggest that you install that package, then go along to a shop and see if info appears in /var/log/daemon.log or /var/log/messages You should end up with a virtual /dev/ttyS1 serial device. A friend of mine runs OneClickAway (222 Grote St, Adelaide) who sells cards and the 3 service, so you could ask for him as I'm sure he'd let you try it in the shop. Ask for Richard Kaye 8413 9100, and mention my name.

As for the PPP config, it's pretty standard, but the chatscript is quite wierd (I had to snoop the serial port on the windows box to get some details, and merge them with another config on the net I found for the Orange 3 network in the UK). Here's what I have for config files: