[vpn-help] Windows Mobile Broadband Adapters ...

[Matthew Grooms]

On 2/21/2010 11:01 PM, Matthew Grooms wrote:
> All,
>
> I have been working hard to bring support for the new Windows 7 mobile
> broadband adapters to the Shrew Soft client but have hit a road block. I
> can't find a carrier that supplies a broadband adapter that actually
> uses this new type of driver. So far I have tried out Cricket and AT&T
> adapters but they both show up as Dial-up connections. Consequently,
> these work fine with the current Shrew Soft client drivers. I had high
> hopes that the AT&T adapter would work since it was mentioned in the
> Microsoft document that describes building a test case for developing
> support for this new Mobile Broadband Adapter type ...
>
> http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/E/7/7E7662CF-CBEA-470B-A97E-CE7CE0D98DC2/MBChangesWin7.docx
>
> So, who has a real Windows 7 mobile broadband adapter? As described in
> the above document, when you click on the network VAN ( View Available
> Networks ) icon in the system tray, it would display under the Mobile
> Broadband Adapter section ( not the Dial-up and VPN section ) of the
> popup. If you do have such an adapter, what is the exact product model,
> driver version, and what US carrier do you use for connectivity? Until I
> find a working test case, I can't bring support for this new type of
> adapter to the Shrew Soft client.
>

Just a quick update. A helpful person on the OSR Online mailing list was 
able to point me toward a driver that offers Windows 7 Broadband support 
for the AT&T adapter. Now that I have a test case, developing support 
for these adapters should move forward quickly. I hope to post a new VPN 
Client build with updated drivers in the next week or so.

-Matthew