MMS connection not possible with Sierra aircard

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Peter Meldgaard
Unregistered guest
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 11:07 am:   

Hi im trying out suggestions as mentioned in support answers to thread "Pulling MMS content fails"
But:
1. Theres no "network: Sierra .. etc option in the MMS setting/network connection drop down. Only modem and dial up options!

2. If I select "Modem used" to none then the GPRS APN and login fields are not disabled. Clicking on Test connection fails

What can I do?

Regards Peter Meldgaard
Nicky Murphy
Unregistered guest
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 01:03 pm:   

If you disable/exit Watcher you tend to get the "Network" connection back. I'm hoping to continue the experiments from that thread sometime today as I've been busy for the past few days.
Peter Meldgaard
Unregistered guest
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 02:41 pm:   

Sad but true, I did remove "Auto start up" and exited Watcher, removed card, waited 2 minutes, inserted card, LAN adapter for Sierra 750 goes aktive after > 15 secs, but no "network" option in MMS Settings!
I did purchase the Sierra 750 as I understod by the docum. that it was a tested option. So someone from NowSMS must have had it working rigth?

PM
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Board Administrator
Username: Bryce

Post Number: 951
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - 08:17 pm:   

Peter,

I use one of these cards regularly, so I'm not sure what could be different in your configuration?

With the card inserted, open up a command prompt, and issue the command IPCONFIG ... can you post the output from that command? (On my system, IPCONFIG reports that the Sierra card is an "Ethernet adapter".)
Peter Meldgaard
Unregistered guest
Posted on Thursday, October 23, 2003 - 09:20 am:   

Yes here it is, Im runing danish XP, but it should be clear that the sierra is connected fine

Ethernet-netværkskort GPRS - AirCard 710/750:

Forbindelsesspecifikt DNS-suffiks. . . . . . :
Beskrivelse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Sierra Wireless GPRS Adapter
Fysisk adresse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00-A0-D5-FF-FF-83
Dhcp aktiveret . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Ja
Automatisk konfiguration aktiveret . . . . . : Ja
IP-adresse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.192.47.91
Undernetmaske. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Standardgateway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.192.47.91
DHCP-server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.192.47.253
DNS-servere. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 194.255.56.78
194.255.56.79
Rettigheden opnået . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 23. oktober 2003 10:13:45
Rettigheden udløber. . . . . . . . . . . . . : 26. oktober 2003 10:13:45
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Board Administrator
Username: Bryce

Post Number: 970
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:54 pm:   

Peter,

We've done some testing, and there is an issue with some alternate language versions of Windows, and the "Network:" drivers appearing in the drop-down list.

I don't quite understand the technical reasons why, but we are working to produce a patch.

-bn
Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support
Board Administrator
Username: Bryce

Post Number: 971
Registered: 10-2002
Posted on Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 05:35 am:   

Peter,

I've uploaded an updated file to http://www.nowsms.com/download/mmswap.zip.

It contains an updated version of mmswap.dll which should remove any language dependencies when interfacing to network card drivers (as opposed to modem drivers).

I believe this will get you further. Apologies for the inconvenience!