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So I got a bit fed up with VC's slow/non-existent GPRS during the day and decided to buy a PP MTN SIM and load a 500MB PPDB. I have been using wvdial on my Linux desktop and laptop since I got my TyTN a few months ago and decided that I should probably edit my config file a bit so that it would work with MTN. Note that the config file I've been using is basically the same as the one written by Tazz_Tux over in the VC forum. (http://www.insync.za.net/3g_docs/wvdial.conf)
I changed two lines in my wvdial.conf for using MTN (not even sure if it was necessary).
Here is the affected section of the config file:
[Dialer 2gonly]
Init4 = AT+COPS=1,2,"65510",20,0,"Vodacom-SA",0
[Dialer 3gonly]
Init4 = AT+COPS=1,2,"65510",20,0,"Vodacom-SA",2
I found a reference to MTN's operator ID as being 65510, hence the usage above.
Since MTN have EDGE coverage in my area I was a little disappointed with the GPRS speeds. I know that it's possible to specify 3G with the trailing ",2" parameter, but I'm wondering if I need to do the same for EDGE or is the problem based on my geographical location?
So I got a bit fed up with VC's slow/non-existent GPRS during the day and decided to buy a PP MTN SIM and load a 500MB PPDB. I have been using wvdial on my Linux desktop and laptop since I got my TyTN a few months ago and decided that I should probably edit my config file a bit so that it would work with MTN. Note that the config file I've been using is basically the same as the one written by Tazz_Tux over in the VC forum. (http://www.insync.za.net/3g_docs/wvdial.conf)
I changed two lines in my wvdial.conf for using MTN (not even sure if it was necessary).
Here is the affected section of the config file:
[Dialer 2gonly]
Init4 = AT+COPS=1,2,"65510",20,0,"Vodacom-SA",0
[Dialer 3gonly]
Init4 = AT+COPS=1,2,"65510",20,0,"Vodacom-SA",2
I found a reference to MTN's operator ID as being 65510, hence the usage above.
Since MTN have EDGE coverage in my area I was a little disappointed with the GPRS speeds. I know that it's possible to specify 3G with the trailing ",2" parameter, but I'm wondering if I need to do the same for EDGE or is the problem based on my geographical location?