please help. . . cant connect virgin web on pc

[74466]

i am using my phone as modem to connect to pc for internet, but for some reason virgin wont connect. i am posting this from opera mini, but could some one help me with setting my virgin sim to work on pc. what extra initialization command do i have to use?

[internaut]

First of all your PC must see your phone as a modem. You'll see it under Hardware, Modems, as one of your modems.

Open up the properties of your phone modem and under the advanced tab put in this string, at+cgdcont+1,"ip","vdata","",0,0

Then create a new dialup connection and in the General Tab select your phone modem as the connecting device, use *99# as the number to dial and unselect dialling rules.

In the Option tab and under Dialling Options, only select "Display progress while dialling". Select your "idle time before hanging up" as never.

In the Security Tab, select Advanced settings.

These work for me. Good luck.

[Terencek]

These settings I collected and tested can be found in the first 'sticky' thread in this Cell C/Virgin forum. To make it easy however here they are again. They work for me, but your mileage may vary....

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USING A GPRS DATACARD WITH A VIRGIN SIMCARD:
A separate Virgin profile needs to be set in the software (e.g. Vodafone's Dashboard 7, which works with any network, not just Voda).
Creating a new profile should automatically also create a connection entry and icon in Windows' Network Connections, though you should never need to work through that icon if you are using connection software such as the Dashboard.

If settings do not pick up automatically the following are valid for Virgin (note that after creating the profile in the Dashboard, you will have to Finish and then re-edit it during a second pass to get to where you can enter the APN, and in another section the Internet Protocols -- these options are not available when you first create a Profile).

APN: vdata
Login ID: blank
Login Password: blank
DNS: 196.31.116.241 and 196.31.116.242
(Generic public addresses which will work are 196.7.0.138 and 196.7.142.132 but may be slower than the correct ones)

SMTP server for your outgoing mail (change in e-mail client): mail.cmobile.co.za
Modem setting: officially should be *99#, but also appears to work retaining Voda setting (as does MTN: *99***1#)
Initialization string might need to be changed to at+cgdcont=1,"ip","vdata","",0,0,
(but also appears to work retaining Voda setting at+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet"
Current flat data rate 50c/MB on all credit or prepaid plans (no data bundles)
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Good luck! Trust me, at 50c/MB it's worth a little configuration hassle!

[eXtremeza]

DNS: 196.31.116.241 and 196.31.116.242 is wrong

The public DNS are the only correct ones.

[Terencek]

DNS: 196.31.116.241 and 196.31.116.242 is wrong

The public DNS are the only correct ones.

According to VM's support the ones I quoted earlier are theirs. They certainly work fine for me. The public ones will also work, but are generic and could be slower. Try both and see which does it best for you.....