On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:14 PM, Humphrey Kirui
<hkirui@gmail.com> wrote:
You guys mentioned attaching an internal modem, WWAN module.. Would help if I could visually verify these.
If the WWAN module is present, I am 99% sure Windows would show it under Device Manager, either as a known or unknown device. Most likely the former, if you are running Win7.
On the application side, it seems HP teams with MSPs like verizon etc to avail drivers and enable the WWAN module.
Did you check for the drivers from
www.hp.com? I think I have seen them there. About the device being locked to MSPs, that I cannot comment on. Would be quite daft of HP or any other manufacturer to do this, because they aren't building these laptops for the likes of Verizon...
I would have thought that the next step after slotting in the SIM would be generic WWAN driver installation followed by some sort of modem configuration.
Well, if the drivers and the dashboard interface give that, I still don't see how you can fail to create a network with APN of your choice.
I have a Dell Latitude with the SIM card slot, but no WWAN module so I can't test this. I should go looking for WWAN card, but a USB dongle is way cheaper. Oh, and you can as well use your Android phone as an AP, which beats the price of the WWAN!