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User Manual for NRSW version 4.5.0.100
Generally, the connection settings are derived automatically as soon as the modem has 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 connection is di-
aled
Home network only Determines whether the connection should only be dialed when reg-
istered to a home network
Negotiate DNS Specifies whether the DNS negotiation should be performed and the
retrieved name-servers should be applied to the system
Call to ISDN Has to be enabled in case of 2G connections talking to an ISDN mo-
dem
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 supported 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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