Wan Tab - Sierra Wireless AirCard W801 User Manual

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Export logs. See "Exporting System Events" on page 120 and "Exporting the Connection History"
on page 118.
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Clear logs. See "Clearing the System Events Log" on page 120 and "Clearing the Connection
History" on page 119.
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Set the method used for time acquisition. See "Setting the Method Used for Time Acquisition" on
page 120.

WAN Tab

See also "3G Section of the WAN Tab" on page 99.
Setup Section of the WAN Tab
1.
Log in to the home page.
2.
Click the
Advanced Settings
3.
Select
WAN > Setup
From this window, you can view/set these parameters, or perform these actions:
● Active network
— Network that is currently being used for your data connection: 3G, 4G, or none.
● Network operator
— The operator (carrier) that your device and account were activated for.
● Session duration
— How long you've been connected to the network.
● Total data
— Amount of data transferred over the lifetime of the device (by network type) and in the
current session.
● WAN mode
— Network(s) to connect to, and in what order.
— Connection can be established to either 3G or 4G; if both are available, 4G is
4G Preferred
used. This setting is recommended if your service provider has no data limit for 4G, but does
for 3G, or you want to take advantage of the faster data transfer speeds of 4G.
— Connection can be established to either 3G or 4G; if both are available, 3G is
3G Preferred
used.
— Connection can be established only to 4G.
4G Only
3G Only — Connection can be established only to 3G.
If you don't have 4G coverage, you can save power by selecting "3G Only."
●
Connect automatically to the network when the Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot powers on.
● Failover wait time
— How long the device should wait, after it loses the connection with the preferred
network, before it attempts to connect to the other network. Not available if
or "4G only."
● Switchback wait time
connected and the preferred network becomes available, before switching to the preferred network.
Not available if
WAN mode
● Update 3G PRL
— Check whether an updated PRL is available.
86 Advanced Settings
button.
.
— How long the device should wait, when the less-preferred network is
is "3G only" or "4G only."
is "3G only"
WAN mode