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Wireless Wide Area Network

WWAN stands for Wireless Wide Area Network and unlike WLAN (wireless local area network) is much longer range. WWAN devices are often (but not always) based on cellular data technology.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_WAN

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Will a SATA SSD drive work in WWAN (miniPCIe) slot?

My company gave me a Dell E6540 [edited from incorrect model "E6450"] with a built in 256 GB SSD (way too small). Dell does not make a CDROM replacement SSD for the E6540 (!!!), believe it or not. Therefore, I see a good option as putting an mSATA…
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What does this mean - "Intel HD Graphics (WWAN or mSATA capable)"?

On the Lenovo online shop when customising a new laptop under "System Graphics" it offers an option of: Intel HD Graphics (WWAN or mSATA capable) I thought WWAN provides Internet access via a simcard, and mSATA connects a harddrive. What do these…
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NO CARRIER with Huawei ME906s

With my Huawei ME906s on Linux (tested with debian sid, debian experimental, Fedora 24 and Ubuntu 16.04, but the result's the same under Windows 10), I get either ERROR or NO CARRIER messages (depending on which device I'm using). In contrast to…
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How to send an SMS from Debian command line?

I have a 4G wwan modem (Fibocom L850GL) with a valid SIM card on a Debian PC. I have modem-manager-gui and I can send SMS with it. How can I do the same from the command line? I have tried with mmcli v1.10.0 but I have dka@dka:[~]: mmcli -m 0…
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Problems getting built-in 3G modem (Ericsson H5321gw – USB ID 0bdb:1926) working on my Lenovo X230 (Debian)

I have Ericsson H5321gw WWAN modem (USB ID 0bdb:1926) on my Lenovo X230 laptop. I've got it working momentarily using NetworkManager GUI on Gnome3. Normally I can make it connect for a few minutes only to see the whole device being removed from…
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Connecting to PCIe 3G modem as Serial device through COM port in Windows 8.1 on Dell E7440

I have Windows 8.1 with a Dell 3g card 5570, which is actually a Sierra Wireless MC8805 HSPA+ mini PCIe modem. It works great in windows. Now I need to be able to access it as a serial device through the appropriate COM port, which I can't figure…
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Dell XT2 Upgrade to Windows 8, Embedded WWAN Not Turned On

I've been working on a friend's computer, and upgraded her Tablet/Laptop Inspiron XT2 (originally with XP Media) to Windows 8 Pro. The laptop has an embedded (believe it's the 5600) WAN card for Verizon. I got the driver installed from Dell's…
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How do I add support for a yet-unsupported WWAN device to OS X?

The big goal of mine is to make my OS X machine support my Huawei E1550 dongle without installing any 3rd party driver. The fact is, that AppleWWANSupport*.kext and the whole WWAN infrastructure is one of the sloppiest pieces of code ever authored…
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DF bit in Apache to Tomcat communication

Edited (edits are in italics): In my configuration I have an Apache 2.2 Http Server configured as a reverse proxy with mod_proky_jk, that exposes http service from an Apache Tomcat 6 application server. The two are different MS Windows 2008 R2…
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Why does "Set Network Location" pop up every time I connect with VZAccess Manager?

I've got a Toshiba netbook with Windows 7 Starter and a Pantech UM175VW USB modem. Every time I connect through VZAccess Manager, "Set Network Location" pops up and asks the following: Select a location for the 'Verizon Wireless - VZAccess ##'…
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Are those two WWAN slots on the Latitude E6440?

I am researching trying to install an extra SSD on a Latitude E6440, and there seems to be another slot labeled WWAN beneath the slot that's used everywhere I see. Is that another identical slot? Can I use them both together, and do they both work…
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How to use a USB Sim adapter to send SMS on Linux Debian?

I have a this USB USDPA 7.2Mbps Wireless Data Card with a SIM card. I want to use it on Linux Debian to send SMS. When I do lsusb, this is my Device: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05c6:1000 Qualcomm, Inc. Mass Storage Device I have tried to use modswitch…
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Dell Latitude E6230 WWAN / 1/2 Mini slots

I have a Dell Latitude E6230 with Intel Core i7, 16 GB RAM, 480 GB Sandisk SSD and recently I found that it has two small slots inside, one named WWAN and the other 1 / 2 MINI. I googled about this and the opinions are different. My question is, can…
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Find SIM Service number or sim card number in windows?

I'm trying to find the SIM service number (mobile number) in windows via the command line, or powershell. I've run through all the netsh mbn show * commands. None show the mobile service number (eg: +6143xxxxx) The alternative is to find the Sim…
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USB_modeSwitch doesnt detect my huawei dongle as modem automatically

Problem: I am using a Huawei dongle with me. On my current kernel version, I have installed usb_modeswitch. As soon as I insert my Huawei dongle, it detects as mass storage instead of the modem. lsusb Bus 001 Device 005: ID 12d1:1506 Huawei…
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