CHAPTER FIVE - CONECTIVITY
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The
‘State:’
field shows whether or not your PL3000 has connected to the
packet network, meaning in practice that whether or not your service provider’s
network has issued your PL3000 with an IP address information. In this
particular case, the ‘Disconnected’ state is a sign of the uncompleted
configuration task.
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The
‘Signal:’
field indicates the received signal strength from the base
station.
When your PL3000 is synchronized with a cell of your service provider’s
network, it assures that your configuration is on track for GPRS connectivity. After
completing the following phase, you should have the connectivity over the GPRS
network of your cellular data carrier. In fact, you should get access to resources
whatever your service provider opens through its access point, the name (APN) of
which you should have received from your service provider.
Getting your
PL3000 GPRS-
attached the
PL3000 requires at lest an access point name
(APN). In addition to APN, some service
providers may need some further information
on establishing the GPRS connection such as
a user name and a password. Even so, for
example in the case of Internet access, the
user name and the password are not personal
ones. The adjacent figure illustrates the case
of Internet access in which only APN ‘internet’
is required. (Be aware that information on
‘Primary DNS’ and on ‘Secondary DNS’ are
rarely needed.)
To access external packet network:
1.
Tap on the ‘Account’ tab to enter information required to access the
resources that you demand over the GPRS network of your cellular data carrier,
see the figure of the Account property page above. If you don’t have the GPRS
access information available, you may consult your service provider to obtain the
required information.
Accessing
External Packet
Network
