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jonasolof1
Jun 13, 2015Aspirant
Aircard 785S No wifi signal, no internet connection
I bought an unlocked aircard 785S sold in the Swedish market. Since it does not send a wifi signal I tethered it over USB to a PC and alternatively to a laptop. APN had to be set manually for internet.proximus.be but it still won't connect to the internet. Authentication has also been set corrrectly according to the ISP's instructions (note: You need to log out of/log into the interface to see and activate the new APN profile.)
This 785S has the european frequency bands including LTE 800 MHz.
The device shows a good 3G signal including the operators name.
All wifi settings are correct, wifi should be active but no signal can be detected using inSSIDer wifi scan on laptop and network search with iphone 6+ and on laptop wifi. In setttings, wifi is to be active even though the device is tethered over USB.
I had the same problem not being able to access the device over wifi when I tried one a week earlier in the same shop.
I spent an hour with a helpful man on netgear.se support but we could not make it work. We tried factory reset, same problem.
Other routers that I tried successfully include ZTE MF93D, ZTE MF910, AVM6840, AVM6842, Huawei B593 and various huawei hotspots, various modems with several dovado routers - so I usually manage to operate a router/hotspot. Faulty unit or dumb user?
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- jonasolof1AspirantI should add that I bought the Aircard 785 S to test it and write a review on the swedish mobile broadband forum www.mobilabredband.se under the signature jonasolof as I have done with many other devices. Kind of ironic that I can't make it work.