Sierra Wireless 20080605 Connecting to your cellular provider

Introduction to the Raven XE

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ModemDoctorandModemDoctorUSBisatroubleshooting

anddiagnosticsutility.Thisutilitywillallowyoutogetalog

fileoftheRavenXEactivitywhichyoucanthensendtoSierra

Wirelesssupportorerasethecurrentconfigurationcompletely.

Figure 1-4: Modem Doctor

Connecting to your cellular provider

TheRavenXEusesyourcellularproviderasanISP(Internet

ServiceProvider)toconnectyoutotheInternet.

Steps of a connection:

1. Your RavenXEestablishesaPPP(PointtoPointProtocol

or“dial”upconnection)linktotheyourcellularprovider

network,alsocalledregisteringonthenetwork,and

receivesanIPaddress.

2. WhenyourRavenXEhasreceiveditsIPaddressfrom

yourcellularprovider,aconnectiontotheInternetorthe

cellularnetworkisalsoavailableforcomputersorother

devicesconnecteddirectlytotheRavenXE.

TheRavenXEwillperformroutingforallinternettrafficto

andfromthecomputersorotherenddevicse.