881G Getting Service and Configure

[vsnyder]

Have customer that we need 3G at new location.  Their company is an AT&T customer.

So we have got from distribution a 881G and it has a PCEX-3G-HSPA-US card with it.

What do you do or need to get AT&T service on this card. 

You call AT&T they don't know what your talking about if you say Cisco 3G card?

I don't see a SIM slot which most AT&T device have a SIM card?

Is there somewhere special you have to call for these to get service?

Does anyone a checklist for ordering and also configuring for AT&T?

FYI, we will do DHCP with it and it will be our backup ISP on and ASA if the primary internet goes down.  We will just use a 172.30.x.x addressing between the ASA Outside-Backup interface and the 881G.

[Eugene Khabarov]

Hi! First of all you need to know APN (access point name). You can ask your 3G provider about it.

Next you will be neede to write chat-script (just like for good old telephone modem) to dial from cellular interface.

Here is good presentation from Lars Thoren about 3G in brach office:

http://www.cisco.com/web/TR/learn_events/expo2008/sunumlar/lars_thoren.pdf

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