How to get 3G donlge to automatically connect
I have a netbook pc with 3G dongle. Is it possible to get the connection manger to automatically connect to the providers network on start up.
This is to simplify opearation for elderley user
This is to simplify opearation for elderley user
What flavor/distro of linux is it?
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Sorry i think i put this in the wron category as it woul be a windows device. Also if i buy a netbook with 3G built in would that make it easier to automatically connect to network on power up
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Thanks darr247 i need to give this go.
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Can you leave this question open as the netbook is givng me a "no sim detected" error so i cant test the above soloution.
Ay sugestions ref this error?????
Ay sugestions ref this error?????
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Hi Darr247
I finally got the sim to work in the netbook. Have set up connection as you sugested. I do actually want the 3G connection to come up as soon as the laptop is powered on so under connections tab i selected "always dial my default connection"
Also if i look at the Acer conection manager it has a dial number of *99# so i entered this in the phone number field.
If i try and test the dial up connection i configured by selecting connect to the internet under the internet options then select the dial up connection i get the message shown attached.
Note
The pc is stll connected to the broad band network while i am testing this as i should be able to get both connections up at the same time. It certainly works ok if i just use the conection manager. Both the 3G & wireless are showing up at the same time
connection-error.bmp
I finally got the sim to work in the netbook. Have set up connection as you sugested. I do actually want the 3G connection to come up as soon as the laptop is powered on so under connections tab i selected "always dial my default connection"
Also if i look at the Acer conection manager it has a dial number of *99# so i entered this in the phone number field.
If i try and test the dial up connection i configured by selecting connect to the internet under the internet options then select the dial up connection i get the message shown attached.
Note
The pc is stll connected to the broad band network while i am testing this as i should be able to get both connections up at the same time. It certainly works ok if i just use the conection manager. Both the 3G & wireless are showing up at the same time
connection-error.bmp
Change the number to just *99 and try it (without the # on the end).
Also, look in the Properties of the connection on the Connections tab, in the dialog on the far right in my first inline image, ensure the 3G modem is still selected (I've seen windows switch it to the regular phone modem by itself before).
Also, look in the Properties of the connection on the Connections tab, in the dialog on the far right in my first inline image, ensure the 3G modem is still selected (I've seen windows switch it to the regular phone modem by itself before).
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Thanks Darr247. After some playing around with the settings you sugested i found that if i right click on the 3 icon in the network connections pop up then there is a tab there which says always connect to the 3G network so this solved the problem of having to set up a dummy dial up. THanks anyway will award point to you for your assistance.
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See my last comment ref soloution
At work we have a Linux system with a 3G modem which we start off inittab (could presumably change to started if that's what you have). Nothing fancy - only shell scripts.
Getting PPP configured right was the hard bit.