Device & Software Settings - MediaNet, Data Connect, etc.

CHECK THESE LINKS BEFORE YOU PROCEED:


If you need help configuring your phones, check this website:
http://tutorials.cingular.com/tutorial/web_tutorials/tutorialLogin?subscriberType=cing

To automatically send the configuration to your phone login to My Account and scroll to Phone/Device and click on Support. Select your phone brand and model, click Next and then you will see several options. Under Device Setup, if you see a link for Auto configure device for MEdia Services. Click there and follow the directions to automatically your phone. Please note that autoconfiguration is not available for all phone models.











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Device and Software Settings Wireless Internet, Wireless Internet Express, & Data Connect (WAP and ISP)

Solutions Engineering Technology and Product Realization
5/24/2004 11:37 AM

DEFINITIONS
APN - Access Point Name

CSD - Circuit Switched Data. Cingular operates at 9.6kb on TDMA networks and a 14.4kb on GSM network. Cingular’s product name for CSD is Wireless Internet.

Data Connect - Data Connect is Cingular’s service that provides CSD and GPRS network access to the Internet or to an ISP of the user’s choice via PSTN dial-up. Data Connect is included in the Wireless Internet or Wireless Internet Express offerings.

GPRS - General Packet Radio Service. General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is the packet data transmission or bearer service for GSM networks. Cingular runs its GPRS in parallel with its existing GSM networks. It uses the same basic radio station infrastructure as the GSM network and compliments, not replaces, existing WAP, SMS, and CSD technologies. Benefits of GPRS include the following: An “Always Registered” platform is provided for a large range of new applications. Potential access speeds can provide up to 10 times faster connections than the current CSD methods. A subscriber can connect to the network in roughly 6 seconds compared to the 15 to 25 second CSD modem connect time. GPRS speeds generally vary between 10 and 30 kilobits per second, depending upon network conditions. Subscribers can seamlessly toggle between voice and data without losing their data connections. Cingular’s product name for GPRS is Wireless Internet Express.

ISP - Internet Service Provider.

PDP - Packet Data Protocol. A PDP context link is used by the GPRS network to establish the wireless network connection between the GPRS handset or radio device and the GPRS network.

GGSN - GPRS Gateway Serving Node.

MMS - Multi-Media Messaging Service.

MO - Mobile Originated. MO or outbound data or SMS calls that are made from the wireless terminal.

MT - Mobile Terminate. MT or inbound data or SMS calls to a wireless terminal are made from a host computer.

PAT - Port Address Translation.

SGSN - Serving GPRS Service Node.

Wireless Internet - Cingular’s offering name for TDMA and CSD networks to use WAP and Data Connect services.

Wireless Internet Express - Cingular’s offering name for GPRS networks to use WAP and Data Connect services.

CSD DATA SPEEDS
The Cingular TDMA CSD network operates at a raw data speed of 9.6kbps. Modems to the PSTN are accessible from the wireless network for Mobile Originate data calls only.

The Cingular GSM CSD network operates at a raw data speed of 9.6kbps also. GSM Wireless Internet subscribers are assigned a unique GSM data number for Mobile Originate data. Mobile terminate data is not supported.

GPRS DATA SPEEDS AND TIME SLOT DEDICATION
The Cingular GPRS network will generally provide connectivity for users at data rates between 10-30 kbps. The GPRS network supports two dedicated timeslots (downlink) on the airlink in all markets, with up to 4 additional timeslots dynamically available based on voice congestion and market configuration. One timeslot is dedicated for uplink.

WAP NETWORK INFORMATION
The Cingular WAP network is based on the Openwave MAG server. The MAG supports HDML, WML and HTML content.

WAP CSD INACTIVITY TIMER
The Cingular WAP CSD network is designed with a 180 second time out for calls that don’t continue to transmit or receive data.

WAP NETWORK ACCESS SETTINGS

WAP SETTINGS FOR GSM CSD PROFILE
Settings Name: Cingular Wireless Internet
Home Page: http://device:home or http://device.home
Session Mode: Permanent
Connection Security: On
Dial-up Number: 14152441012
Gateway IP Address: 66.209.11.61
Authentication Type: Secure
Dial Type: ISDN (on network) / Analogue (off network)
Login Type: Automatic
User Name: WAP@CINGULAR.COM (All upper case)
Password: CINGULAR1 (All upper case)

WAP SETTINGS FOR GPRS PROFILE
Settings Name: Cingular Wireless Internet Express
Home Page: http://device:home or http://device.home
Session Mode: Permanent
Connection Security: On
APN: wap.cingular (lowercase)
PDP_Type: IP
Gateway IP Address: 66.209.11.61
Authentication Type: Secure
Login Type: Automatic
User Name: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM (All upper case)
Password: CINGULAR1 (All upper case)

WAP SETTINGS FOR MMS PROFILE
MMSC Address: http://mmsc.cingular.com
WAP Gateway IP: 66.209.11.61
WAP Gateway Port: 9201
WAP Security: Off
GPRS APN: wap.cingular
GPRS Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
GPRS Password: CINGULAR1

DATA CONNECT NETWORK INFORMATION

DYNAMIC IP ALLOCATION FOR DATA CONNECT
IP addresses are dynamically assigned by the Cingular CSD and GPRS/EDGE networks for Data Connect users via IPCP during their PPP or PDP session initiations. Starting 4/ 19 /04, publicly routable IP addresses will be assigned to all Data Connect mobiles. This will allow Data Connect subscribers to use VPN client software to connect to their corporate Intranets without the problems previously associated with VPN use through a NAT firewall. All types of VPN clients should now work correctly, including Microsoft PPTP VPN connections. The Cingular Wireless firewall will not perform any network address translation (NAT) for Data Connect sessions. The firewall will continue to block unsolicited inbound connections to mobile addresses unless the mobile has first initiated an access to that Internet host in order to protect mobile users from Internet attacks of various types.

DNS SERVICES FOR DATA CONNECT
DNS servers are also dynamically assigned to Data Connect users via IPCP during their PPP session initiation. The DNS servers are 66.209.10.201 and 66.209.10.202.

DATA ACCELERATION
Beginning on 2/19/03 the Data Connect service provides Data Acceleration (DA) for all web (HTTP) and email (POP3, IMAP) download traffic. This acceleration provides higher effective network speed for Data Connect users, on the order of 2x or more improvement over the un-accelerated raw network speeds described above in this document. This means that a GPRS user will typically experience an effective network throughput of approximately 60Kbps, which is comparable to 56K dial-up speeds achieved by AOL, Earthlink, MSN, and other dial-up ISP service providers. This acceleration is accomplished by compressing the HTTP and email (for email messages or attachments larger than 8Kbytes) content before sending it over the air to the mobile. This content is then de-compressed by the user’s internet browser or by the user’s operating system (in the case of compressed email attachments in .cab format). HTTP content is only compressed if the user’s browser signals that it can receive compressed content. If your application can not tolerate this type of compression you should use the “Non-DA” usernames listed below since these sessions will not be accelerated. Otherwise you should use the normal Data Connect usernames below which do receive this data acceleration benefit.

DATA CONNECT NETWORK ACCESS SETTINGS

DATA CONNECT SETTINGS FOR GSM CSD PROFILE
Dial-up Number: 18472549270
*User Name: ISPDA@CINGULAR.COM
*Password: CINGULAR1 (uppercase)
Non-DA User Name: ISP@CINGULAR.COM
Non-DA Password: CINGULAR1 (uppercase)
Data Call Type: ISDN
Data Call Speed: 9600

*note: the legacy username ( WIDC0001@W4.MYCINGULAR.COM ) and password (ZXY203DC9K0402) are also still supported, and receive data acceleration service.

DATA CONNECT SETTINGS FOR GPRS PROFILE
APN: ISP.CINGULAR (case insensitive from the network, some devices may require lower case or upper case)
PDP_Type: IP
Dial-up Number: *99# (some phones may require a context id number (cid) added “*99***N#” where “N” is assumed to be the cid, usually 1, 2 or 3).
*User Name: ISPDA@CINGULARGPRS.COM
*Password: CINGULAR1 (uppercase)
Non-DA User Name: ISP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Non-DA Password: CINGULAR1 (uppercase)

*note: the legacy username (WIXDC001@W5.MYCINGULAR.COM) and password (ZXY203DC9K0402) are also still supported, and receive data acceleration service.

DATA CONNECT SETTINGS FOR MMS
MMSC Address: http://mmsc.cingular.com
HTTP proxy Gateway IP: wireless.cingular.com
GPRS APN: wap.cingular
GPRS Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
GPRS Password: CINGULAR1

 

Re: Device & Software Settings - Wireless Internet, WIX & Data Connect

I can imagine Indystorm in that forum

 

Re: Device & Software Settings - Wireless Internet, WIX & Data Connect

What kind of data plan do you have?