On Tue 14 Jun 2011 at 12:24:13 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > Oh - I was hoping you knew the proprietary AT commands used by this > particular modem.
Sorry, I don't. But I thought the standard ones I gave might have helped. > Treat the following with caution as I can't verify this:- > I "believe" the reasoning behind supplying the APN every connection is > that some ISPs have different APNs for mobile, fixed line, and prepaid > accounts. (Telstra for instance, has half a dozen) So a user might use > the same modem to connect using different accounts to the same ISP - > just picking the best rate plan for the particular area. What you say makes sense. Thanks for giving me something to think about. > You can test that by using the single line CLI connection commands I've > posted above - just modify the connection port and speed to suit your > requirements. > If it connects then you'll have "proven" that the APN is supplied by the > modem. I've briefly tested and revised my view to: an APN is needed on making a first-time connection. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110614100220.GI19572@desktop
