3111 Aliena - I have a job for you!

Thanks for the quiz - its really very good - hope there is one this Sunday too!

Now I know you didnt understand the rest of the post - but I am hacking a guess - you can understand the Italian perfectly! (GPRS and EDGE)

However - my little task - is can you perfectly translate my last post thats in Italian - into perfect technical English - pretty please!

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 04/01/2006 - 07:42

Oh God!

Why are you always picking on Aliena? It's really boring to translate this kinda stuff. You should know by now that I prefer scandal and gossip!

Where do you want me to put the imperfect translation? Hmm.. perhaps you better not answer that question. :D

Gimme half an hour.

:) :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 04/01/2006 - 08:50

Yeah.. so what if this post is also in another thread? I didn't see much point in translating it twice.. even for Glen!

[B][I]But.. it was really boring for me to translate..[/I][/B]

GPRS Navigation with Aruba and Vodafone Connect Card

To connect to the internet in GPRS with the Vodafone Connect Card and Aruba (Wind) is not difficult. I have written this page to inform those who are pondering the purchase and to describe an "elegant" solution to the problem of the reconfiguration of the network parameters.

Requirements
• Windows XP
• Vodafone Connect Card (GPRS version)
• Software di connessione Vodafone
• GPRS "flat" contract with the Aruba provider

Windows XP

I am using Windows XP Home, service pack. I think that the solution described functions with every version of Windows

Vodafone Connect Card (GPRS)

PCMCIA is a card with functions of the GPRS modem. In reality the producer is Option, but Vodafone retails them under their brand name. I bought it new on eBay at half of the shop price. It seems to me that it is a good product and when the antenna is closed, it protrudes only a little more than the portable version. [I][B]Oh Jeez.. I'm bored[/B][/I]

Connection software.

It's also called "dashboard" and it is a panel that allows you to insert or introduce the PIN to stabilise the connection. It's tilted towards the remote functionality of Windows Access. I use the 1.2.1 version.

Aruba

Aruba offers a particularly convenient GPRS tariff. In reality Aruba retails the business service of Wind and this ultimately offers an even more convenient flat tariff. However, I was I upset when in the shop Wind did not know how to explain anything and Aruba seemed far more professional to me. [I][B]Well, just don't go there again.[/B][/I]

Configuration

The configuration mechanism described continues to use the profiles and seems to me more elegant than the standard solution of modifying the grip initialisation of the modem. With my solution it's possible to use different SIM cards in a way that is far more simple. [B][I]Please.. someone save me from translating this.. it's making me depressed now.[/I][/B]

1. Install the driver supplied with the Vodafone Connect Card; indicate that you want to connect to the Internet and not to a business intranet

2. Put the SIM in the card and the card in the PC. Extend the ariel (it's enough to push it a little bit towards the inside). [B][I]Oh, dont tempt me.. please![/I][/B]

3. To start the dashboard; after a few seconds it should ask you to insert the card and ask for the PIN. Insert.

4. Wait a few seconds so that the card will register on the GSM net. Has the name of the Wind operator appeared and is the signal good? Very good! (Someone on the newsgroup advises that the Vodafone Connect Card can be used only with SIM Vodafone. This didn't happen to me; if your card is ill fated, it's likely at this point the operators name will not appear.) [B][I]Serves you right for trying![/I][/B]

5. If you now experience it doesn't connect itself and the connection fails. The motive is simple; the software is configured for connection with Vodafone and is necessary to change some of the net parameters. (APN and DNS). Turn off the dashboard. [I][B]I'm on auto-pilot now.. just going throught the motions.[/B][/I]

6. Start Regedit and to change the key to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\Vodafone\VodafoneMobileConnectCard\Settin gs\ ProfileManager

7. Restart the dashboard; now in the menu Tools will appear above the Menu Profile. Choose Management Profile. [B][I]Get on with it![/I][/B]

8. In the window that opens press the New button; this is where to insert the data:
o Profile name: Aruba
o APN: internet.wind.biz
o DNS Primary: 212.245.255.2

Leave the rest blank, press Applies and arrange as preferred. Close with the OK

9. The last alteration (for those who have Windows XP); in the concession window of Windows (reachable for example from the Control Panel) the concession VMC.Aruba will appear; open the Property in the card then activate the firewall.

10. Press the green button on the dashboard to press the green button to connect; cross your fingers, wait a few seconds and.. connection!

11. To monitor and contol all the functions, open a prompt of the command (for example performing "cmd") and to introduce the command "nslookup www.google.it". If the first line of the reply is "Server: dns.wind.it", the DNS is correct. Now open a browser and to do a navigation. Happy navigating all!

Obivous problems

I still dont know if the profile created is visible from all of the users or only from where it was created. A quick look in the Windows registry should show inclination towards the second hypothesis. How can you create a visible profile for everything? Is it necessary to change the register by hand? [B][I]Does it matter?[/I][/B]

Every so often the connection will "block" itself and is even unable to be closed. Simultaneously the trial loaded System the CPU is 100%. I think it stinks of problems with the driver. Has someone got another reason?

[B][I]Ha! Seems to me the bloody thing still does not work properly![/I][/B]

:D :D

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sat, 04/01/2006 - 13:17

As usual my dear, you are un cento per cento helpful, and due cento ecc nice.;)

Please keep up the good work :)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 04/02/2006 - 07:55

Glen..

You know you're welcome! No need for thanks.. but it's raining right now.. so if you can manage to sort out the weather.. :D

:) :)