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Appendix B: Always Best Connected (ABC) - Reference
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Appendix B: Always Best Connected (ABC) - Reference
Always Best Connected enhances the Vodafone Mobile Connect application, allowing it to
manage all available types of connection, as opposed to only being able to manage mobile
connections:
• LAN (Ethernet)
• Mobile Networks (eg. GPRS, 3G, HSPA)
• Wi-Fi (e.g. public hotspots, Wi-Fi routers, or corporate Wi-Fi networks).
Always Best Connected has been built on core Windows services, including the .NET Framework
and the Windows WLAN API.
To use ABC the following items must be installed:
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 or higher (or Windows Vista or Windows 7)
• If you are using Windows XP Service Pack 2, you will need to ensure that the following patches are
installed:
o .NET Framework 2.0 (this is installed with the Vodafone Mobile Broadband application)
o WLAN API Hotfix (KB918997) – language-dependent (EN, FR and DE are included in the
VMB installer)
o MSXML 6.0 (KB933579) – language-dependent (EN, FR and DE are included in the VMB
installer)
• ABC does not support Windows 2000, as the required Windows services are not available on this
platform.
In addition, the Microsoft Windows Wi-Fi manager built into the operating system must be used
for Wi-Fi management, and not a 3rd party Wi-Fi manager. We also recommend that any Wi-Fi
profiles required for corporate Wi-Fi networks are pre-loaded: Always Best Connected will detect
and use existing Windows Wi-Fi profiles automatically.
The changes described in the following chapters must be made in the OpCo.XML file to define the
service settings. The OpCo.XML file can be found at the following location:
%ProgramFiles%\Vodafone\Vodafone Mobile Broadband\Opco\
Example for Vodafone UK:
%ProgramFiles%\Vodafone\Vodafone Mobile Broadband\Opco\23415 United Kingdom\23415.XML
To localise the installation to your environment, additional changes are required to the
MobileBroadbandProfile.XML in the templates section:
%ProgramFiles%\Vodafone\Vodafone Mobile Broadband\Templates\MobileBroadbandProfile.XML
Enable or Disable ABC
Although Wi-Fi itself is not de-selectable, two other features offered by an OpCo (mobile network
operator) can be de-selected by the user:
• Optimisation software
• SMS.