NetModule NB3711, User Manual

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NB3711 User Manual 4.0
registered and the network provider has been found in our database. Otherwise, it will
be required to configure the following settings manually:
Parameter WWAN Connection Parameters
Phone number The phone number to be dialed, for 3G+ connections this
commonly refers to be *99***1#. For circuit-switched 2G
connections you can enter the fixed phone number to be
dialed in international format (e.g. +41xx).
Access point name The access point name (APN) being used
Authentication The authentication scheme being used, if required this can
be PAP or/and CHAP
Username The user-name used for authentication
Password The password used for authentication
Furtheron, you may configure the following advanced settings:
Parameter WAN Advanced Parameters
Required signal strength Sets a minimum required signal strength before the connec-
tion is dialed
Home network only Determines whether the connection should only be dialed
when registered to a home network
Negotiate DNS Specifies whether the DNS negotiation should be performed
and the retrieved name-servers should be applied to the sys-
tem
Call to ISDN Has to be enabled in case of 2G connections talking to an
ISDN modem
Header compression Enables or disables 3GPP header compression which may
improve TCP/IP performance over slow serial links. Has to
be supported by your provider.
Data compression Enables or disables 3GPP data compression which shrinks
the size of packets to improve throughput. Has to be sup-
ported by your provider.
Client address Specifies a fixed client IP address if assigned by the provider
MTU The Maximum Transmission Unit for this interface
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