Hey guys,

I am plagued by this question and totally confused myself so I will best explain it;

Ok, we all know that (example) you can buy 3g/4g devices from Telstra. I.e. wifi and usb.

We continuously get people who expect to be able to just plug their USB modem into their tablet etc and expect it to work.

As I explain, yes it may get power, but you physically have to click "Connect" on your computer for the device to allow traffic etc.

I am just presuming that this is kind of code that is sent to the device - and within the connection manager where you click connect, the bigpond devices also have a username/password associated with them.

Obviously plugging a usb device into an android tablet etc will do nothing because there is no mac/win platform for drivers/software to install.

However I have heard that people have said you can plug the USB 4G modem into the latest technicolor adsl modem by telstra (example if you are waiting for adsl to be connected etc).. you plug it in. which will give you wifi access via the router itself. but use the usb modem as the connection.

- Needless to say a customer had been to good guys today and they sold her like some 3g/4g wifi router and it says that you plug the usb stick into it and it will utilize the 3g data connection but share it via wifi.

As the customer was given a wifi only ipad and would like to use it on the go etc.

Simply, from my experience I am expecting this to give the same result, not being able to tell the modem to connect and transefer the data etc... (as no matter what when you plug your usb modem into another pc it says it hasnt been registered and you have to do a little trick to bypass that)... obviously no way of telling the WIFI 3G router thing that it doesnt need activating?

Argh!! I hope I make sense, it has been one hell of a week and I am just looking for a simple yes or no answer lol... as I feel confused.

Anyone ever done anything similar or can think of any ideas will be appreciated!@

I imagine the wifi router has some kind of configuration webpage where you can configure the 3g stick and connect the account.

Is it an android tablet? Many of the generic dongles work, but the telstra ones i don't think do.

Edit: just take the dongle away from them and return with a few hundred dollar bill and a pocket wifi.

There's heaps around i had one while in japan and they're just becoming popular here now too.

Nah she has a wifi only ipad and goodguys sold her some kind of wifi/3gusb dongle router thing.Simple fact is, it would mean paying early termination fee's more than likely, bigpond dont really like swapping devices etc.as they are married in their system, you cant just buy a bigpond wifi modem and put your sim in it.

She can stay on the contract, sell the dongle they gave on ebay, and buy a pocket wifi.

It'll take her sim and acts as a wifi hotspot.

you either need to plug into teh wan interface or change the device to tell it wherever your dongle is plugged in is the wan interface..

I've set a few of these up for clients. You won't need to re-register the usb modem when you put it into a 3g/4g wifi router. It only asks you to with the bigpond/telstra mobile broadband software when ever you put it into a new pc. In which case you bypass that by holding shift when you press options and a hidden tab shows up which allows you skip registration.





last edited by RUSTA at 18:44:29 22/Aug/12

ie. you can get routers specialized for this that take sim cards instead of/as well as ur standard ADSLx

just wifi teather to an android.

last edited by do0b at 18:52:00 22/Aug/12

Im a bit lost with what OP wants exactly. I use Bigpond wireless and this is my setup shared with a router:

http://i.imgur.com/39G7W.jpg

just get adsl

You have a USB modem, you plug into a pc and follow a registration process. - including inputting a username/password.

If you format your pc or plug into another PC the registration process won't work because it's already been done etc.

You fix it by holding down SHIFT and clicking tools options and ticking a box under diagnosis.

Then you have to go across to account and enter username/password.

Then it will let you "Connect Now".

So..

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*edit*

thermite, adsl isn't available to everyone.

Distance from an exchange does happen!

what's this registration guff you're talking about. plug in, hit connect, get internets?

That only happens on business 3g or Mobile sims. When it's BIGPOND internet it's different to telstra internet.

Telstra business requires no auths but BIGPOND does.

F**pond more like.
http://cdn.cnet.com.au/story_media/339272721/bigpond-next-g-wireless-broadband-usb-mobile-card_1.jpg

RUSTA does that stuff get bypassed when you put the sim into a mobile device like a phone or a 3g wifi modem? Or does it only get bypassed from some kind of software trickery?.

Completely ignores it. So yes into a mobile phone or tablet with a spot for a sim will work. Which i think is what Murderer is asking about. If i understand him correctly. He won't have to worry about registering the the usb modem when connected to a 3g/4g wifi router (Litiums setup). Just plug it in. Login to the routers internal web interface. go to the inbuilt connection manager with in the router select the provider and APN. connect the ipad to the routers wifi network to access internet around the house.

you'll need the wpa key, you need to enter that into the device you're trying to connect.

the device should auto detect wpa/wpa2 - tkip/aes but will ask you for the password, this is NOT (usually) the account password, but a password YOU select when you turn on the security of the router.

Having no bloody clue about what you're even doing, what device you're using, I can't offer any more than that.

my old billion 7404 could accept a usb wifi dongle and use that for internets.

Fritzbox and Billion 74xx will take USB modems to use as failover etc.