perating and Installation
Packet Service Connection Command
This command is issued to
the cellular radio to request a packet (Internet) connection. For most
CDMA service providers the phrase “
” will work, and this is the default setting for the
If you are having problems connecting, this could be the problem.
Contact your service provider
If there is no communications between the
will terminate the connection. Recommended value is 30 seconds.
Not used in this application.
Source Port Starting / Ending Numbers
This only applies to packet (Internet) connections.
on your computer and thus must be
allowed access to the outside worl
d. Most corporate computer systems use firewall technology
to prevent unauthorized and potentially damaging access from outside sources. To minimize
exchange private information using
. If this exchange fails, the
calls in it assigns itself what is known as a “
can be assigned only one or a
specific range of source port numbers
that the firewall will allow through.
Valid source port numbers are 40000
will use a new number with each call.
For example for a range of 50000
50010, the first call will use 50000, the 2
so on. When 50010 has been used the next port number will roll back to 50000.
PAP User Name and Password
As an added security measure some cellular service providers require Password Authentication
Protocol, or PAP, to gain access to their
Internet service. The radio must present a user name
and a password that was assigned when the cellular service was purchased. The user name or
password can be any combination of printable characters, including spaces, such as “Bob
total number of characters for
the user name and password cannot
exceed 48 characters. Often the cellular provider has a specific format for the username and
password, so you will need to obtain that information from them.
The password is hidden on
this screen for added security. You must enter the password twice
to verify that it was entered correctly.