2degrees connection drops on laptop?

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deanfourie

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#290483 15-Nov-2021 01:59

I have a laptop with a 2degrees sim in it.

Whenever I connect to the network, I run a ping to Google.com.

This first packet of this ping always replies, but all packets there after are dropped until I shutdown the interface or restart the machine.

There is data on this sim with 40% connection quality.

Any idea why this is happenning?

Running on a Linux machine.

Thanks

Jase2985

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#2812950 15-Nov-2021 06:38

is it just the ping thats the problem or does general browsing fail too?

deanfourie

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#2812992 15-Nov-2021 08:35

General browsing fails too. It takes me to the 2degrees page saying "you can't connect right now"

But I have credit and sometimes it works.

Also, I am able to resolve DNS.

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#2813006 15-Nov-2021 09:25

Can you confirm your APN?

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deanfourie

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#2813010 15-Nov-2021 09:36

Sure, APN Is internet.

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#2813018 15-Nov-2021 10:11

Are you seeing the device have a solid connection to either 3G or 4G, or do you see it flapping from one to the other?

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deanfourie

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#2813026 15-Nov-2021 10:42

Ok I did some digging on the card, turns out it's not 4G capable. It's a 3G / HSPA+ card.

Is 3G/HSPA still supported?

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#2813056 15-Nov-2021 11:11

deanfourie: Ok I did some digging on the card, turns out it's not 4G capable. It's a 3G / HSPA+ card.

Is 3G/HSPA still supported?

Thanks

It is, although obviously your speed is going to be quite restricted compared to LTE. It also depends somewhat on the bands it supports as we move more 2100MHz sites to LTE due to the shift in demand so if it doesn't support UMTS on 900MHz you might struggle a bit.

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deanfourie

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#2813146 15-Nov-2021 12:14

Cheers, could you check it out

https://techship.com/download/datasheet-h5321gw-and-f5321gw/

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#2813325 15-Nov-2021 14:57

That does say it supports UMTS 900, yes. Devices are not really my area so I don't have any tips specific for that device. Any other info you have that might be relevant? Location? Times? When you say 'there is data on this SIM' how did you verify? If it's Linux you probably have a PPP log somewhere, that would be handy too.

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