Setting up your Mobile Handset As A Wireless Modem
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Configuring Your Wireless Modem or Mobile Phone as a Dial Up Connection
Your can set up your 3G mobile phone as a modem provided you have a USB cable to connect your mobile to your computer or you may be able to bluetooth connectivity as long as your computer has bluetooth or you have a
Sometimes it is easier to set up your wireless modem or mobile phone as a dialup connection rather than use the connection managing software that is provided with the wireless modem.
If you are setting up your wireless modem or mobile phone as a dialup connection using Windows inbuilt dialup software the settings below will be useful.
| Network |
APN Setting |
User Name and Password |
| Telstra Mobile |
telstra.internet |
Leave Blank |
| Big Pond |
telstra.bigpond |
Username: user@bigpond.com Password: yourpassword |
| 3 prepaid |
3services |
Leave Blank |
| Optus |
internet |
Leave Blank |
| Three |
3netaccess |
Leave Blank |
| Vodafone |
vfinternet.au |
Leave Blank |
This list of outbound SMTP mail servers may also be useful when checking email configuration:
| Host |
Addres |
| AAPT |
mail.aapt.net.au |
| iiNet |
mail.m.iinet.net.au |
| Internode |
mail.internode.on.net |
| iPrimus |
smtp.iprimus.com.au |
| OptusNet |
mail.optusnet.com.au |
| Telstra Bigpond |
mail.bigpond.com |
| TPG |
mail.tpg.com.au |
| Vodaphone |
smtp.vodafone.com.au |
| Westnet |
mail.westnet.com.au |
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