E220 diconnects?

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Hi, anybody have similar experience with E220?
I have a user who is quite frustrated with E220 which 'keeps disconnecting'.
It seems the E220 gets full signal HSDPA, and connects to websites very fast (>900kbps max).
However, when it is not transferring, it seems to disconnect.
I have found with my own E220, it shows connection to HSDPA, when transferring data up or down, or while opening websites, and when it is done, and there is no transferring it goes to 3G, until I start doing something that causes data trf, goes to HSDPA again.
Yet on this user's E220, when the connection goes quiet, eg. after opening a website, while u reading the text, filling in an online form, it seems to disconnect. The software shows it's still connected, but when u open another page / click to continue after filling the online form, doesn't wanna open the page, it's like the connection is lost. Almost like with the old dialup connection where it disconnects after a certain period of no action.
Only way to browse / continue again, is click disconnect & re-connect.
I can't find any setting in the software to "stay connected",
anybody got any ideas? :confused:
(Dell D800 + WinXP Sp2, on MTN in Kempton area)
 
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hey, same thing (switching between 3G and HSDPA) happens to me with my e620 card... don't get the disconnects though. seems weird... i would take it back and get it repaired or swopped out.
 
This problem is not confined to a specific device. I use all the mobile networks, VC, VM (CellC) and MTN with a single device and I see characteristics of each. MTN is best at holding a connection, then VM and finally Vodacom is worst - it almost tries to persuade you to keep 'drawing' data (i.e. spending money) or else the service just hangs.

If I find a long page to read, then I know I will have to reset.:rolleyes:

What the people who designed these features don't realise is that on some modem devices, reconnecting is annoying and time-consuming.
 
Maybe your network connection settings are set to disconnect after a certain idle time? Worth checking.

If you open Network Connections, Right Click on your 3G dialup icon and choose Properties.

Under the Options tab there is an option that says "Idle time before hanging up". It should be set to "Never".

Unless you want it to disconnect automatically after a while ;) .

Regards,

JJF.
 
When my connection appears to "hang" after a period of inactivity, I just open Outlook Express and this "wakes up" the connection without having to disconnect and reconnect again:)
 
fwiw, no - I have stayed connected on MTN 3G for hours. It flips between 3G and HSDPA, usually on stays on HSDPA when busy, but very rarely disconnects.

A VPN connection set up over 3G is another story. That can disconnect frequently for various reasons.
 
SecretCode said:
fwiw, no - I have stayed connected on MTN 3G for hours. It flips between 3G and HSDPA, usually on stays on HSDPA when busy, but very rarely disconnects.

A VPN connection set up over 3G is another story. That can disconnect frequently for various reasons.
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Are you guys still having this problem?

MTNDD
 
Speaking for me: no. But colleagues using vodacom have issues with the VPN connection dropping after ~3 minutes - there seems to be an extra registration you have to do with vodacom so you can use the apn 'internetvpn'. This is mostly with the Vodacom card not the E220, however, and therefore doubly off topic :D
 
SecretCode said:
Speaking for me: no. But colleagues using vodacom have issues with the VPN connection dropping after ~3 minutes - there seems to be an extra registration you have to do with vodacom so you can use the apn 'internetvpn'. This is mostly with the Vodacom card not the E220, however, and therefore doubly off topic :D
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:)

How you doing SC

You been well?

MTNDD Clive
 
my ****ing E220 disconnect sometimes, sometimes it can stay for 24hours. and if it does disconnect, it will not reconnect unless you reboot the damn pc (on desktop, on laptop it just need to be unpluged and repluged several time..) and only plug it in after it boots up. else reboot.. so fed up with this piece of ****.
 
whoisthis said:
my ****ing E220 disconnect sometimes, sometimes it can stay for 24hours. and if it does disconnect, it will not reconnect unless you reboot the damn pc (on desktop, on laptop it just need to be unpluged and repluged several time..) and only plug it in after it boots up. else reboot.. so fed up with this piece of ****.
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OS? Dashboard?
 
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