Hi, Just finish this off on a positive note.
I finally got the Huawei dongle working. After getting another new SIM from Exetel, I must have damaged the first one they sent me, I inserted the dongle into the MacBook Air and a window automatically opens with an Install icon I double clicked that and then opened the Network preferences and selected the Huawei. I left the computer Network settings as I found them that is Location: Automatic & Configure IPv4: Using DHCP etc. When I tried to open a web page I only got the Huawei settings page 192.188.8.1 which I logged into and in the Mobile Connection settings I selected the Mobile Data "Turn ON" button and then selected Apply and I had instant access to the web. I didn’t need to do anything else. None of what I did is mentioned in their instructions. Whether or not it will work again tomorrow or in a weeks time remains to be seen but I have pulled the dongle out and reinserted it a couple of times and it still worked. All the instructions including the sheet of instructions from Exetel all that stuff about setting the APN etc. were not only useless but distracting. Their telephone support didn’t seem to have a clue. Thanks for the help Brian Scott > On 1 Jul 2019, at 5:27 pm, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com> wrote: > > Hi Brian, > > It is difficult to say what is going on without eyeballing your set-up and > how your network is setup. > > One thought does come to mind – are you sure that any of your machines are > actually connecting to the internet through the Huawei? Ie do your iMac and > MacMini stay connected to the internet if you unplug their ethernet cables. > > It almost sounds to me like you may have (wi-fi?) network connections through > your Huawei but the actual internet connection is ethernet via your home > modem/router – but, as I say, it is becoming very hard to visualise what your > actual setup/configuration is. > > However, just to clarify that your problem is what you think it is, can you > confirm: > > If you SWITCH OFF your home modem/router, then: > the iMac and MacMini CAN connect to the internet when they have the Huawei > plugged in > the MacBook Air CANNOT connect to the internet when they have the Huawei > plugged in > > Cheers > > > Neil > > > From: <wamug.org.au-wamug-boun...@lists.wamug.org.au> on behalf of Brian W > Scott <scot...@exemail.com.au> > Reply-To: <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Date: Monday, 01 July 2019 at 16:52 > To: <wamug@wamug.org.au> > Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? > > Hi, > > I’ve discovered a new wrinkle. > > When I tried the Huawei dongle in both the iMac and the Mac Mini both were > currently connected to the internet through my home modem/router > and I just went to the Network preferences and selected the Huawei when it > showed up and tested the internet and it worked. > > So I thought I’d try this with the MacBook Air, I plugged in the ethernet > cable from my home modem on one side and then the dongle in the other > and when I tried the internet after selecting the Huawei in the Network > preferences and it worked, the Status showed Connected and HUAWEI_MOBILE > is currently active and then gives the IP address. > > When I removed the ethernet cable from the MacBook Air the Huawei no longer > worked. > When I select a web page in Safari a page from Huawei comes up saying "Insert > SIM card and restart your device” which is what I have been getting > when trying without the ethernet cable attached previously and removing the > dongle & re-inserting the sim and plugging the dongle back in makes no > difference. > > When I used the old Huawei dongle, the one I used since 2011 that is what I > would do - I would plug it into the MacBook Air select Huawei in the > preferences and > I’d be on the internet. > > What has having an ethernet cable plugged in at the same time got to with the > dongle working!? > > Does the system ignore my selection and find one that works. > > Anyway I shan’t need to pursue an external bootable drive as it won’t help > now. > > It looks like I’ll have to spend more hours on the phone talking to Exetel to > try and sort this out. > > By the way good idea about updating Drivers Ronnie but as Neil says there > nothing there for me. > > Neil, I checked out the the quick start guide pdf and it’s the same as the > tiny hard to read slip of paper that came with it, > so thanks it's good to have something I can read with out needing a > magnifying glass. > > Well keep warm tonight folks they are turning it down to 8 degrees in Perth. > > Brian > > > > >> On 1 Jul 2019, at 2:21 pm, Neil Houghton <n...@possumology.com >> <mailto:n...@possumology.com>> wrote: >> >> Huawei E8372 Drivers for El Capitan > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - > Settings & Unsubscribe - > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>>
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