Thursday 15 November 2012

Connect Mobile Broadband and Windows 8

If your Dongle is not working with Windows 8 but it installs correctly and looks like it connects but just dose not do anything else when you try to open Internet explorer for example then try this work around first.

I must apologize as I currently do not have a Windows 8 Machine at hand to put a graphical representation of this up for you so this is put up for those that know there way around a computer.

Simply put go in to the Control Panel and then select the Network icon and setup a new Dial up Network connection, When doing this select your Mobile Broadband Modem and leave Username and Password fields blank when it asks for a Phone number use *99# save it up and it should automatically connect first time to test your connection.

This can now be used to connect your MBB device using the right pop-out menu you should see the Network Connect options popup when you click the Computer Monitor icon on the bottom of that side bar.

For a more detailed look at MBB in Windows 8 try Microsoft's own site. Here

Your providers I'm sure are working on new software to be 100% compatible with Windows 8 and they may already have it on their sites so check your providers technical support download sections.