Hi,
I have a dell E6420 with internal dell 5550 (ericsson F5521gw?) HSPA+ modem card. I want to be able to have internet access thru the internal modem while connected to a wired or wireless network which has no internet. I've done this with external 3g cards in the past but with the current setup, as soon as I connect to wired or wireless network I loose internet access.
Anyone any ideas?
Thanks,
Adrian
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Set the Interface Metric manually in each card's IPv4 settings. Set your 3G to 1, and wired to 2.
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I'm using Windows 7 pro and the network info clearly shows the 3G connection with internet and the wired with no internet -
Is your 3G connection dropping when you plug in the Ethernet?
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Setting the metrics for the two should direct the Internet to the 3G card. Are you on Windows 7?
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Interface metrics in ipv4 is the way to go but using route print from the command prompt I saw that setting the 3G interface metric to 1 actually gave a metric of 258. I set the WiFi and wired interface metrics to 260 & 261 receptively and now all is well.
Thanks WackyT for the pointers. -
Wow! Wonder why it does that? Got to keep that in mind if I need to do a similar mod in the future.
Wired network but internet thru internal HSPA modem?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by adrian s, Oct 23, 2011.