Vodem on Ubuntu - EEEPC701

After spending ages trying all I could think of to get the vodem going with both Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.04 on two EEEPCs, finally got it sussed! Created a live usb stick with the standard Ubuntu 9.10, booted off that (hit esc at the start of booting to get a boot menu) while the vodem was plugged in. Unmounted the vodem which was showing as a usb drive. Right click on the networking icon at the top right of the screen. Select 'edit connections'. Select mobile broadband. Go add. Select the device under "create a connection for this mobile broadband device". Select the country (New Zealand in this case), select the provider (Vodafone), next, then select 'unrestricted'. From there just go next until complete leaving everything as defaults. Save it then left click on the networking icon and you should see the option of 'Mobile Broadband' and under that you can click on Vodafone unrestricted. It should then connect, assuming you have a signal. Now all I need to do is check that everything else works with 9.10.