Appendix A - Connection Parameters
General Connection Parameters for CSD and GPRS
Required | Useful information |
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Telephone | Number you need to dial to reach your service provider. Use the full |
number or | number including country code and area code, e.g. +46 33 555 2525. |
Access Point | Or |
Name (APN) | The APN server resource to contact, for example, |
| Interent.operator.net - to connect to the Internet via the mobile operator’s |
| or your corporate Intranet via a VPN. |
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Bearer | You will need to know the bearer capability provided by your service |
capability: | provider, so you can select the appropriate option during set up. |
CSD or GPRS? |
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CSD Network | If you intend to create connections via CSD contact your network operator |
Speed | and check the supported speeds. |
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Username | The username your service provider gave you when the account was set |
| up. Some |
| the field blank. |
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Password | Password associated with the username, given to you by the service provider. |
| Some |
| field blank. |
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IP assignment: | An ‘address’ that the service provider knows you by and uses to route |
Server / Static | information to and from your EDGE PC Card. Your IP address will either be: |
| Server - assigned by the service provider when you connect. |
| Static - assigned once by the service provider or the IT Manager. |
| If your IP address is Static you must enter it into Own IP address fields which |
| is available when you select Details in the Connection APN dialog. |
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DNS | This tells the EDGE PC Card where to find the service provider’s DNS |
assignment: | Service. DNS translates addresses such as www.sonyericsson.com to the |
Server / Static | |
| Like IP assignment above, the DNS can be static or allocated by the service |
| provider when you connect. If static is selected additional fields need to be |
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Own IP address | Only required if the IP assignment is static. |
| Format example: 123.9.45.3. |
| Do not enter any leading 0s when typing in IP address. |
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Primary DNS | Only required if the DNS assignment is static. |
| Format example:123.9.45.2 |
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Secondary DNS | Only required if the DNS assignment is static. |
| Format example: 123.9.45.1 |
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Access Point | If the APN is set to default you will have to enter the name of the access |
Name (APN) | point your network operator is using. |
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