3G Mobile Card Problem

[RedRaw]

My son has a netbook that came with a Mobile Broadband deal where he was given a dongle and a sim card to go with. To save up one USB, he has a slot behind his battery where he can put a sim card in to access the internet. He didn't know what this was at first but he put the sim card in and tried to connect to the internet and it worked. I thought this was great and wanted to do this on my laptop. It's a Dell Latitude E6400 and it has the same slot for a sim card. I too have mobile broadband so I went and bought a mobile card which I installed into the laptop. But I can't seem to get it to work like my son did. I really don't know much about what I'm doing here but my basic question is, how can I get to do what my son does, on my laptop? Any help is appreciated.

Thanks

 

[pebbly]

Hi RedRaw, welcome to the forums , you have switched on the wireless on the top RH edge near the screen have'nt you ?

 

[RedRaw]

Yeah I've done that. Still nothing.

 

[pebbly]

RedRaw , on further searching, you need the drivers for the WWan card , make sure you have this driver installed Drivers & Downloads

 

[RedRaw]

I've been on the DRiver section before, what specific driver do you suggest I download?

 

[pebbly]

I've been on the DRiver section before, what specific driver do you suggest I download?

It all depends on which WWAN card you have in your laptop ,I will have a look and try to make a suggestion for you BRB

 

[RedRaw]

Oh, well I know I've got a 5520 card, that's all I really know.

 

[pebbly]

RedRaw, 1st off download and install this Drivers and Downloads its the mobile broadband manager , then try this driver Drivers and Downloads I'm flying blind here so please bear with me

 

[RedRaw]

Ok I'll try these. I'll be back in 5.

 

[pebbly]

Oh, well I know I've got a 5520 card, that's all I really know.

mmmm... That is not listed ,there's a 5620 which is the driver I posted in my last post give it a try

 

[RedRaw]

My broadband is very slow right now so I'll need to download it tomorrow but I'll keep you posted.

 

[pebbly]

My broadband is very slow right now so I'll need to download it tomorrow but I'll keep you posted.

Ok good luck with it, If that driver fails try the next and so on