Using Sprint Novatel U727 Wireless Card on Leopard

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I upgraded my MacBook OS to Leopard, and everything worked pretty well until I tried to use my Sprint EVDO card. In Leopard, the "Internet Connect" utility is gone and the functionality has been moved into the regular network preferences. There was a device in the network prefs window, but it said "not connected" and it would not connect. I tried reading some EVDO forums and apple support forums, and they were all very vague and not helpful. I ended up randomly trying a bunch of things, and here's what worked for me: 1. remove the novatel USB device. 2. downloaded the latest driver package for Mac OS X from Sprint. It says it is for Tiger (10.4) but it seems to work. 3. I deleted (sudo rm -rf) all the Novatel files from /System/Library/Extentions. Reboot. 4. Run the mpkg installer for the sprint drivers. 5. Reboot. 6. Open network preferences; plug in the Novatel device; click "+" and add "Novatel CDMA" device. 7. Click "Advanced" button. Change vendor to Novatel and Model to CDMA. 8. Click "Connect" and it works. Note that I had previously activated this device when my MacBook was running Tiger, so I didn't have to do any activation.