Hey, > > I'm hoping that those with inside knowledge might explain where my > problem lies. > > I have a sim (ee, uk) that works well in an EE 4g hotspot gadget, and > I'm putting it into a laptop to use it there as I will get more value > from it. The laptop is a Dell 7280 running ubuntu 19.04, with a Dell > DW5811 card installed. Using the MM GUI I can send sms messages. But I > can't connect to the internet, which I can do via the hotspot thingy. > Setup seems simple with not a lot to tweak so I'm at a loss. > > When I do: sudo mmcli -m 0 --simple-connect="apn=everywhere" i get > > error:couldn't connect the modem: > 'GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.ModemManager1.Error.MobileEquipment.NetworkTimeout: > Networktimeout' > > but this arrives instantly so hardly has any time for the network to do > anything. > > doing: sudo mmcli -m 0 > > gets this listing (below). Which seems to me to indicate that the device > is good so far as I can tell. > > So my questions are: what drives the timeout?, why so quick?, what to > do? - remembering that sms works! > > GPS also seems to report as good and enabled but won't reply with any data. > > thanks for any help >
If the connection attempt fails so quickly, it could be the network failing to setup the connection. Are you sure the APN is the correct one? Maybe try to use --simple-connect="apn=everywhere,ip-type=ipv4" to force IPv4-only? Also, you should not do any manual --simple-connect, better setup the connection using the System Settings and NetworkManager. -- Aleksander https://aleksander.es _______________________________________________ ModemManager-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/modemmanager-devel
