What is the APN for Africom? How do I get my modem to dial a number when it is attached to a router?

Question

This is all it says!

1)    3G+11N +VPN Wireless Router Support USB 3G modem card
VPN Pass Through (IPSec/PPTP)
2) SupportsTD-HSPA, WCDMA-HSPA, CDMA, EVDO, CSMA/CD, TCP/IP, PPPoE, DHCP, ICMP, NAT protocols 3) Provides one 10/100M Auto-NegotiationRJ45 WAN port, four10/100MAuto-Negotiation ports, supporting Auto MDI/MDIX. 4) Provides one USB interface, widely supporting a variety of 3G data cards. Combined wireless and wired functions. 5) Supports Remote WEB management.
6) Supports NAT/NAPT, IP sharing, WAN protocols: 3G/PPPoE/Static IP/DHCP. 7) High speed data rate-up to 300Mbps
8)  Supports Virtual Servers, DMZ host, UPnP and DDNS.
9) Supports 64/128 bits WEP and WPA-PSK authentication, TKIP/AES encryption security. 10)Supports IP address filtering, Domain Name filtering, MAC address filtering, Can filter QQ and MSN. 1) 4 LED Indicators (Power, WIFI, WAN & LAN,SYS, WPS)

Answer 1

l believe that most of the usb modems in zim are based on the aspect of it connecting directing to a usb port on the pc for installation of required software for basic 802.1q and 802.1x switching and authentication purposes.

From my experience in Zim, the implementation of 802.1x authentication is very basic.

Looking at your router specifications, the mention of VPN is not a simple process, there is so many little pieces which are required for a basic VPN set-up which l doubt our ISP offers.

It requires a lot of pre-settings from your ISP, which l suggest you take it to Africom and ask if they have settings to help you out.

Comments

3G routers are available. They come with a usb port into which the mode can be connected. i configure these all the time.

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Please provide the required information from your everyday experience of configuring them.

Answer 2

Africom should have provided you with all the required information to use with there dongle. l had not had the opportunity to test Africom but from  my experience with PowerTel, here is how l configured my router to work with PowerTel dongle. All the information was exactly what l got from them:

Dial number 777

APN--- l left it blank

Username---- 111

Password ---- 111

Authentication ----- PAP (l got this from router logs)

Comments

Thanks Macdonald. This helped me alot. I didn't know the password was the same as the username, and didn't know the APN, glad you can leave it blank. I'm in the UK at the moment and I managed to help my mum set her PowerTel dongle up on a router remotely thanks to you. David (from Chinhoyi)