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| Junior Member Posts: 4 Join Date: Jan 2009 |  HOWTO: Using mobile broadband / WWAN module in OSX -
01-26-2009, 12:30 PM
If you've got a Mini 9 with the Dell 5530 HSPA / Mobile Broadband module, here's what you need to know to get it going:
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03-02-2010, 02:21 PM
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| Okay, in case anybody is reading this, I went back and got the verbose logs this morning: Tue Mar 2 06:49:44 2010 : Dell Mobile BroadbandIt looks like it's getting through the CHAP handshake, but it then sends an IPV6 packet, which promptly makes it puke. Is this script supposed to be running IPV4 or IPV6? Could that be the problem? ---------- Post added at 08:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:53 AM ---------- Okay, I finally got it working in SL 10.6.2  I didn't even need the script. These settings are for AT&T Telephone Number: Leave blank Account Name: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM Password: CINGULAR1 Under advanced --> Modem Tab Sony Ericsson Model GPRS (GSM/3g) APN: wap.cingular CID: 1 PPP tab Check - Connect automatically when needed (or not) Uncheck Prompt every ___ minutes (or not) Uncheck Disconnect if idle for ____ minutes (or not) Uncheck Disconnect when user logs out (or not) Uncheck Disconnect when switching user accounts (or not) Uncheck Prompt for password after dialing (or not) Check Redial ___ times if busy, waiting ____ seconds before redialing Uncheck Send echo packets Uncheck Use verbose logging (or not) Terminal Script None Uncheck Use TCP header compression <-- This seemed to be one of the keys Uncheck Connect using a terminal window (command line) Back on page 1 or 2 of this thread, there is a how to disable IPv6. This seems be be necessary for the connection to work with AT&T. To make life easier, before you go into terminal, rename your connection to "Dell" or something without spaces by clicking on the gear at the bottom in the Network Pref pane, and click "Rename Service". Change to Dell and hit Rename. Lastly, go to terminal. Code: sudo -s Password networksetup -listallnetworkservices networksetup -setv6off Dell Also, this only seems to work on the first instance of the Dell Wireless 5530 HSPA Mobile, not Dell Wireless 5530 HSPA Mobile 2. I'm not sure what the deal is with that, but I'm not sure why I need two modem connections anyway. ---------- Post added at 09:21 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:44 AM ---------- Also, has anyone come up with a signal indicator for this? Pretty crappy just seeing the modem up in the task bar. |
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#81
03-28-2010, 05:18 PM
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 Turning off radio after disconnecting The script turns on radio before dialling but does not turn it off after disconnecting which means unnessesary waste of energy. I added the AT+CFUN=4 command (=turns on airplane mode = all radio off) to the script (attached). It is executed after the disconnecting. Something else: For those of you who can't get connected check this out. I spent days trying to understand why I see a successful chap login only to get disconnected immediately after. The reason was: the card never established a connection to the 3G network. Using a terminal, send AT+CFUN=1 to the card. If it returns "ERROR" then the WWAN fix is the solution.
__________________ --- Dell Mini 9, 2GB RAM, 64GB Runcore SSD, 0.3 MP camera, BT, Dell 1505 802.11n card, Dell 5530 3G card, 3M Vikuiti ARMP200 Anti-Reflection-Film, OS X 10.6.4 |
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#82
04-19-2010, 10:27 AM
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| I have been fighting with the 5530 datacard all night, moving from bios a05 to a06 and then back down to a04, and I finally got it working! :-) I changed the cards AT-command config and made my own modem script, which is tested and reliably working for me now. Since I made it generic and maybe some others might find it useful too, I have attached it to this post. Just drop "DellHSPA5530" into your "/Library/Modem Scripts/" folder. I packed some Screenshots of my actual network setup where "surfo2" is my carrier's APN. The screenshots are in german but since the controls are all the same, it should be no problem to adapt my settings. Tested with BIOS A04, OSX 10.6.3, NBI 0.8.4 RC1, Carrier: O2 Germany Cheers, cizko |
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