Quick Start Manual

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3: Configuring Your Account

Note: If you are running

Mac OS X, please refer to the

Watcher Quick Start Guide for

the Mac OS X 10.4.x found at

www.sierrawireless.com/mac

ProfilescontainaccountinformationusedbytheAirCard

modemtoestablishconnections.Atleastoneprofilemustbe

setupontheAirCardmodembeforeyoucanuseit.The

profile(s)mayhavebeenstoredontheAirCardmodembefore

youpurchasedit.Otherwise,yourserviceprovidershould

giveyouall

theinformationyouneedtosetuptheprofile(s)

yourequire.

Dependingonyourserviceprovider,someorallofthisinfor‐

mationmustbeenteredintoyourprofile:

• UserName

• Password

• AccessPointName(APN)

• InternetProtocol(IP)Address(iftheaddressisnot

automaticallyassignedbythenetwork)

• UseofIPheadercompression

• DomainNameServer(DNS)addressoraddresses

YourserviceprovidermaygiveyouonlyoneAPN,inwhich

caseyourequireonlyoneprofile.Someserviceproviders

assignseparateAPNsforseparate purposes.Forexample,

someserviceproviderssupplyoneAPNtouseforInternet

browsingandadifferentAPNtousewithaVirtualPrivate

Network(VPN).Inthiscaseyoumustsetupmultipleprofiles.

TheAirCardmodemallowsforuptosixteenprofiles.

Mostserviceprovidershaveoneortwostandardprofilesthat

allormostoftheirsubscribersareexpectedtouse.

Mostof

thesestandardprofileshavebeenpre‐definedin3GWatcher,

allowingyoutoselectastandardprofile,ratherthancreatingit

manually.

Oneofyourprofilesmustbesetasthe“default”profile.Thisis

theonethatisusedifyouselectthe

Connectbuttonwithout

selectingaprofile.Thedefaultprofileisalsousedifyousetthe

AirCardmodemtoautoconnectwhen3GWatcherlaunches,

butonlyiftheconnectiontypeforthedefaultprofilehasbeen

settoautoconnect.

IfyouareusingtheAirCardmodemtoaccessanetworkthat

requiresyoutoprovideapasswordeachtimeyouconnect,

youmustsetyourconnectionprofiletopromptforpassword

(inwhichcaseyoumustalsoconnectmanually).