User Manual

Chapter 3: Operation
98-148232-B To control data connections (PDP contexts) 30
PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet)
To configure the connected equipment for PPPoE
How to configure your equipment depends on the type of equipment. Refer to the user
documentation of the equipment. As a minimum, you need to configure the user name and
password in your equipment in order to make PPPoE work with the terminal
The user name and password can be left blank (or insert user name: void and password: void).
Then the registration on the Access Point is most commonly done in such a way that the data
connection is established with a dynamic IP address from the airtime provider.
To request a static IP (if subscribed to) from the Access Point you must type in the user name
and password from your airtime subscription.
Note for MAC OS: User name and password are required. For some ISPs you can use user name
void and password void. Contact your airtime provider for further information.
To send commands with PPPoE
You can use the command XBB:<AT String> to send AT commands over PPPoE.
Example: To start a Standard data connection with the Context identifier “1”, type
XBB:AT+CGDCONT=1,ip,bgan.inmarsat.com;+CGEQREQ=1,3
Note that there are two commands involved, +CGDCONT and +CGEQREQ.
+CGDCONT defines the context ID (1), the connection type (IP) and the APN
(bgan.inmarsat.com).
+CGEQREQ starts a data connection for the defined context ID (1) using traffic class Standard
data (3)
Note that because the traffic class is 3 (Standard data), the remaining parameters (max. and
guaranteed bit rates etc.) are omitted. See also Context management AT commands on
page 105.