Comment 12 for bug 1225174

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Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) wrote :

Notes from video conference (please correct me if I got any of this wrong):

- apns-conf.xml includes multiple named possible APNs for a connection type for a country*operator. ofono will cycle through them looking for one that works. If none of them do (for example, you're using a Mobile Virtual Network Operator), you'll need to enter APN settings manually.

- Even so, it may be useful to switch back to one of the named stored APNs, for example, if you switch from the MVNO to its service provider. This is why it's useful to show the Name of the APN.

- There should be no "Proxy" or "Proxy port" fields for Internet APN. But where you use the Internet APN for MMS too, there should be "Proxy" and "Proxy port" fields just for that.

- MMS APNs should have both an "MMS APN" *and* an "MMSC" field.

- "Authentication", like "Protocol", will not be configurable initially.

Questions I still have:

10. Is it ever the case that when you use the same APN for Internet and for MMS, you use different user name and/or password for Internet and for MMS?

11. About how long does it take for ofono to tell whether manually entered APN settings work? One second? Five? Ten?