Activating the CDMA EV-DO Modem Card Manually
Manual activation stores the supplied values into the 3G wireless modem card's nonvolatile memory. This topic describes the activation of the CDMA EV-DO 3G wireless modem card for use with service provider networks such as Sprint.
Before You Begin |
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The service provider must activate your account before you can activate the CDMA EV-DO 3G wireless modem card. |
Using the electronic serial number (ESN) you provided and your account information, the service provider supplies you with the following information for manual activation of the 3G wireless modem card:
- Master subsidy lock (MSL)—activation code
- Mobile directory number (MDN)—10-digit user phone number
- International mobile station identify (IMSI)—Mobile subscriber information
- Simple IP user identification (SIP-ID)—Username
- Simple IP password (SIP-Password)—Password
You also need to obtain the following information from the 3G wireless modem card itself for the activation:
- System identification (SID)—Number between 0 and 32767
- Network identification (NID)—Number between 0 and 65535
Use the CLI show modem wireless interface cl-0/0/8 network command to display the SID and NID, as shown in the following example:
user@host> show modem wireless interface
cl-0/0/8 networkRunning Operating mode : 1xEV-DO (Rev A) and 1xRTT
Call Setup Mode : Mobile IP only
System Identifier (SID) : 3421
Network Identifier (NID) : 91
Roaming Status(1xRTT) : Home
Idle Digital Mode : HDR
System Time : Wed Jun6 15:16:9 2008
Use the CLI operational mode command to manually activate the 3G wireless modem card.
This example uses the following values for manual activation:
- MSL (from service provider)—43210
- MDN (from service provider)—0123456789
- IMSI (from service provider)—0123456789
- SIP-ID (from service provider)—jnpr
- SIP-Password (from service provider)—jn9rl
- SID (from modem card)—12345
- NID (from modem card)—12345
CLI Operational Mode Command
To activate the CDMA EV-DO 3G wireless modem card manually:
user@host> request modem wireless interface
cl-0/0/8 activate manual msl 43210 mdn 0123456789 imsi 0123456789
sid 12345 nid 12345 sip-id jnpr sip-password jn9rlChecking status...
Modem current activation status: Not Activated
Starting activation...
Performing account activation step 1/6 : [Unlock] Done
Performing account activation step 2/6 : [Set MDN] Done
Performing account activation step 3/6 : [Set SIP Info] Done
Performing account activation step 4/6 : [Set IMSI] Done
Performing account activation step 5/6 : [Set SID/NID] Done
Performing account activation step 6/6 : [Commit/Lock] Done
Configuration Commit Result: PASS
Resetting the modem ... Done
Account activation in progress. It can take up to 5 minutes
Please check the trace logs for details.
To check the trace log for account activation details:
user@host> tail -f /var/log/wwand.logJun 25 04:42:55: IOTA cl-0/0/8 Event: IOTA Start... Success
Jun 25 04:43:45: IOTA cl-0/0/8 OTA SPL unlock... Success
Jun 25 04:43:56: IOTA cl-0/0/8 Committing OTA Parameters to NVRAM... Success
Jun 25 04:44:02: IOTA cl-0/0/8 Over the air provisioning... Complete
Jun 25 04:44:04: IOTA cl-0/0/8 IOTA Event: IOTA End... Success