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    Sony Z broadband: connect to other then GSM?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by AccessBlog.net, Mar 20, 2011.

  1. AccessBlog.net

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    Hi,
    just got new Z13 from US (bought it several weeks ago actually). I found how to connect to other GSM network, but i understand that broadband module can work in CDMA and 4G mode also. Anybody managed to connect to such providers?
    There is Sony Z in russia, which connects to GSM and 4G network (Yota), tried to install russian 4G software, but it says that modem is not found.
     
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    The Gobi 2000 module does not support 4G (LTE) networks!
    It works on 2G (GSM/GPRS/EDGE) as well as 3G (HSDPA/HSUPA/UMTS) networks.

    I'm not sure about CDMA, but I guess it should support that too. At least it does read CDMA SIMs.

    LTE devices are still quite hard to find and very expensive.
     
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    Yes, you are right, this is a wifi module, which also supports 4G. Although when i looked at Sprint broadband settings - there is 4G metioned there...
     
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    ok, network i am talking about not LTE, but WiMax
     
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    Are you sure it's the Gobi 2000 that supports WiMax? I though there was another device since the US models don't have WiMax...unless there's different versions of the Gobi 2000?
     
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    Wimax support in most notebooks (including Sony) comes with using the proper intel wlan card.
     
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    That was what I was gonna say - WiMax should (eventually) be supported by the WLAN and not by the WWAN as far as I know...

    Gobi 2000 does not have any other functionality except 2G/3G/3,5G + GPS.
     
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    Oh yeah now I remember, its the intel centrino 6250 that supports WiMax. USA Z models come with the Intel 6200 which doesn't have WiMax. The Gobi 2000 has nothing to do with it. So if you have a USA model, you are out of luck unless you want to change your WLAN card.

    Anyone know if the 6250 requires an additional antenna for WiMax?
     
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