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Appendix B: Always Best Connected (ABC) - Reference
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</National>
<International>
<AnchorPoint1 Latency="10" ResponsePattern="">
<Server />
</AnchorPoint1>
<AnchorPoint2 Latency="10" ResponsePattern="Vodafone Group Plc">
<Server>http://www.vodafone.com</Server>
</AnchorPoint2>
<Modules Title="Abroad">
<Module Bearer="LAN" Enabled="true" Index="0" />
<Module Bearer="PreferredWLAN" Enabled="true" Index="1" />
<Module Bearer="WWAN" Enabled="true" Index="2" />
<Module Bearer="WebSessions" Enabled="false" Index="3" />
<Module Bearer="OtherWLAN" Enabled="true" Index="4" />
</Modules>
</International>
Anchor Points
Even when a connection has been selected and opened by the Vodafone Mobile Broadband
application with ABC, the connection may still not be useful to the user, either because it does
not offer access to the internet, or because the user cannot reach their corporate network via
VPN. ABC can therefore be set up to make HTTP requests to specific servers to check for both
internet and intranet access. These servers are called ‘anchor points’. Their URLs must be defined
and they must fulfil certain conditions:
• The sub-tag in the ‘International’ tag sets the priority of this connection type when the user is in a
roaming situation
• High server availability
• Fast response
• Low data traffic.
Open Internet Anchor Points vs. Corporate Anchor Point
Open Internet Anchor Points can be defined by the OpCo in the OpCo.XML file – see the
introduction to this chapter for the location. These Open Internet Anchor Points are used to
check that the internet can actually be reached, for instance when using a public Wi-Fi hotspot.
A Corporate Anchor Point can be defined by an IT administrator in the
MobileBroadbandProfile.XML file. This anchor point will then be used to check that the corporate
intranet can be reached via VPN – see the Auto VPN section above.
Xml element Value Comment