Your Access Point Name (APN) identifies the access point on your provider’s mobile broadband network your modem will use to connect to the internet. There may be some information provided with your USB modem by the mobile broadband operator specifying the APN you should use. You can also check the default settings on the software used to configure the USB modem on your computer.
| Operator | APN | IP address type | Account type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3internet | Public, tbc | PrePay, tbc |
| Vodafone | internet | Private, tbc | tbc |
| O2 | m-bb.o2.co.uk | Private | PrePay |
| O2 | mobile.o2.co.uk | tbc | BillPay |
| T-mobile | general.t-mobile.uk | Private | PrePay |
| Orange | internetvpn | tbc | tbc |
How do I tell if my IP address is public or private?
Visit the website: WhatIsMyIP.com – it will display the actual internet address you are currently using. If it is the same as the IP address shown on your Dovado, then you have been assigned a public address. Otherwise you have been assigned a private address, which restricts what you can do on the internet.
Have not checked yet, but I am with vodafone and all of my modems have been restricted when I first connect them, (I have 7 of them at the moment). I call customer services and the restrictions are removed. I assume then that this is because they are on a private address?
Thanks for your purchase, Bobby. What sort of restrictions did your modems have? Let us know if the same APN works with all your modems.
T-mobile payg mobile broadband – gives a private IP address.
Don’t know what sort of NAT forwarding is going on yet – haven’t had time to play with anything that needs to know.
Thanks for that Alasdair, can you confirm the T-Mobile APN for PAYG service is general.t-mobile.uk?
O2
mobile.o2.co.uk
tbc
Bill Pay
Thanks for that, Keith.