Very useful broadband card information accessible via a quick command line:
netsh mbn show interfaces
Unfortunately, configuring the broadband card doesn’t appear to work. I’m working with Microsoft and Sierra on this, but here is the error.
netsh mbn add profile interface=”Mobile Broadband” name=”C:\profile.xml”
returns either:
Add Profile Failure: Invalid Profile XML.
or
The Profile cannot be loaded.
/Brian
I battled with the MBN profile issue for a while with the same results, and after detour with C# and MBN API, I learned that the netsh command failed because I the SubscriberID in the xml file I used was encrypted (came when I copied the “template” xml file from wwansvc-folder). After I put IMSI in the SubscriberID field as plaintext, the command succeeded.
Props to Tilsk at Technet forums for the solution.
Juhana,
How would I get the IMSI? Do you have any example files I could use as a reference? Thanks in advance!
/Brian G
You can manually get the IMSI from Mobile Broadband connection properties (Subscription tab, under Subscriber information).
Programmatically it can be obtained with MBN API IMbnSubscriberInformation interface: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd323200(v=vs.85).aspx
I’ve been searching for the “Powershell” or “Batch” commands to set up
netsh mbn show interface
There is 1 interface on the system:
Name : Cellular
Description : Generic Mobile Broadband Adapter
GUID : {xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx}
Physical Address : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Additional PDP Context : No (Physical interface)
Parent Interface Guid : No parent
State : Not connected
Device type : Mobile Broadband device is embedded in the system
Cellular class : GSM
Device Id : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Manufacturer : Sierra Wireless, Incorporated
Model : MC7355
Firmware Version : SWI9X15C_01.08.16.05
Provider Name :
Roaming : Not roaming
Signal : 0%
RSSI / RSCP : 0 (-113 dBm)
I’m also interested in:
Set Data Limit: “Unlimited”
Monthly Reset Date: dayofmonth (let’s say I want to set it to “20th” of the month)
How do I “command to make these changes?