Telstra APN name should be telstra.internet

[Mikel Ward]

If I try to register a new connection with Telstra, the APN is set to telstra.wap.

According to http://www.unlocks.co.uk/gprs_settings.php#australia, it should be telstra.internet.

I've been unable to get NM working at all for my mobile, but that's what I used to use when I did it manually via /etc/ppp scripts.

Possibly it's telstra.internet for their Next G (UMTS/HSDPA) service and telstra.wap for their GSM service.

[Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)]

Someone should provide a patch as described here:
http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManager/MobileBroadband/ServiceProviders

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

I'm attaching the patch according to the info provided here and at the URL.

Thanks

[Savvas Radevic (medigeek)]

I'll try and send it upstream :)

[Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)]

Fixed in upstream SVN.

[Andres Mujica (andres.mujica)]

Please check bug #317860 for fix released (still in progress)

[Antti Kaijanmäki (kaijanmaki)]

Fixed in upstream release 20090309.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package mobile-broadband-provider-info - 20090309-0ubuntu1

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mobile-broadband-provider-info (20090309-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low

  * Update to svn head (r90), which corresponds to the 20090309 release (LP:
    #317860). This brings a lot of provider updates. (LP: #264708, #282155,
    #284426, #287115, #288308, #289694, #291225, #308281, #311794, #289511,
    #311794, #294096, #296448, #303367, #304476, #304478, #279927, #302854,
    #302858, #306666, #310576).

 -- Martin Pitt <email address hidden> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:54:49 +0100

[StuartH (s-hickson)]

Hi - This is true for some, but not all Telstra wireless users. If you have an account with an email address of <email address hidden> you need to use telstra.bigpond as the APN and you must enter your username and password in the connection config to connect. I have found this out from literally months of trying unsuccessfully to connect in 8.10 and now with 9.04 I can finally use my Telstra issue Next G card, an Sierra AirCard 880U. The connection information in the auto setup in Jaunty needs an extra Telstra type for bigpond.com accounts (they also have telstra.net I think)