Thread: Interesting things about migrating from Bigpond EVDO to Next G Broadband.

For EVDO users who are going to be moving to next G soon ( To speed things up, contact service and request it) here are some tips gained by experience -

- The Next G modem will not run on 5v, it requires the 6v from the plug pack ( For the interested, your pc has 5v and 12v DC power outlets to spare. You know them better as the 4 strand red (5v)-black-yellow(12v)-black HDD molex connectors)

- The packers of the modem either place the sim card upside down or push it in too far so it jumps out of it's receptacle. When trying to connect, it will come up with an error message 'no sim card'. To rectify this, use a T6 torx, undo the 4 small screws in each corner, carefully prise off both blue sides, and this is what you see
(Mind you I did ring tech service and have proof that they let me do it - but there are no security seals and it's not complicated)



The sim card is in the bottom left corner - and has a black plastic carrier to hold it in the slot. You can just see the BIG of bigpond in the hole, which means it's the correct side up.

- Note your settings for EVDO - as you'll want to uninstall the connection manager for it before installing the next g version.

- The next G modem does not like long USB cords: If the USB cord is too long, you might get a 'USB device not recognized'.

And, last but not least, to top my eventful day, the registration computer for next g modems has died and is being rebuilt as of 19 June. If, in the unlikely event you get ' a technical fault has occurred.....' page, that may mean that Telstra's end isn't working.

Hi All,
I have just done this.

I am now on my third NextG wireless modem.
Modem 1: Had the SIM card pushed in too far.

Modem 2: Would stop seeing a signal if it went into Standby mode & sometimes would come up with a Windows error (I'm using XP Pro) saying "IP conflict error". Upgrading the modem firmware to R1.1.137 did nothing to change this. The only solution I could find once either of these "faults" occurred was to reboot the computer & sometimes also the modem.

Modem 3. Same issues as modem 2. However , I find that, if I going to be leaving the internet alone for a while, I just disconnect from the network. Subsequent re-connection is easy (& faster than rebooting).