need different wireless network settings for Telstra Next G card

Here's a theoretical diff based on the documentation at http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband/ServiceProviders.

Untested.

It also seems that XML file doesn't allow you to customize the phone number, which needs to be changed to *99***3# for my needs, and possibly *99***1# or *99***2# for other users who are on other plans.

the phone number is a separate issue ... unrelated to the DB.

I'll try to include in a patch for upstream. :)

OK, committed in upstream SVN, but it actually doesn't fix the problem.. I'm going to leave this "In Progress" as a reminder when we design the next version of the database format.

I tried *99# with my mobile phone over USB without the ***1# ***2# or ***3# at the end, and it worked fine.

According to this link, *99# is the offical number Telstra is giving their customers: http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=411575&r=7863478#r7863478

I know I have a USB mobile, and not a PCMCIA card. Mikel, could you test to see if *99# works with your card as well?

That's the point Jeremy, yes most devices work with *99#, but the BIgPond Sierra AirCard 875 PC Card requires no APN/CGDCONT and an explicit connection id such as *99***3#.

I have verified this again just now.

Does "AT+CGDCONT?" work on BigPond? I would really like to see the output..

AT+CGDCONT?
+CGDCONT: 1,"IP","telstra.pcpack","",0,0
+CGDCONT: 2,"IP","telstra.datapack","",0,0
+CGDCONT: 3,"IP","telstra.internet","",0,0
+CGDCONT: 4,"IP","telstra.internet","",0,0

Also just noticed this in syslog after connecting with NetworkManager and *99***3#:
Apr 15 08:34:50 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Associated with network: +COPS: 0,0,"Telstra Mobile",2
Apr 15 08:34:50 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Connected, Woo!
Apr 15 08:34:50 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Apr 15 08:34:50 laptop NetworkManager: <info> Activation (ttyUSB0) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...

I wonder if that COPS line has anything to do with an APN?

Mikel,

Could you please tell us here if this is fixed now? The bug was filed a fair amount of time ago, and I don't have hardware to test whether this found be okay or not by now.

Also, *99***3# is essentially the same as using AT+CGDCONT=3... so it seems like this is less an issue with phone numbers and the m-b-p-i database and more with a possible quirk we need to use for the device, if it doesn't support the standard AT+CGDCONT calls to set the APN.

For now, I'll mark the mbpi task as Invalid and open an empty task against NetworkManager upstream so that an upstream bug can be opened. I'll also set the m-b-p-i task for the Ubuntu package to Incomplete, so that we can be notified when you answer my question above :)

Closing the bug as its marked incomplete for nearly 2 years.

Regards
Bhavani