James John – Software Engineer

HOW TO CONFIGURE A PHONE

HOW TO CONFIGURE A PHONE

WELL MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME THIS BUT I FELT ITS TOO COMPLICATED FIRST YOU MUST KNOW THE MEANING OF THESE:

NETWORK NAME: THIS IS THE NAME OF THE SETTINGS YOU WANT IT TO ANSWER AND IT CAN BE CHANGED AND DOES NOT AFFECT THE SETTINGS

IP: INTERNET PROTOCOL, USED TO IDENTIFY A LOCATION OF A SITE OR A SERVER (ALSO KNOWN AS PROXY ADDRESS)

PORT: IS JUST LYK A WAY THAT LEADS THE IP TO A PLACE, WHEN YO
U FAIL THE PORT THE IP MAY LOCATE U TO ANOTHER PLACE OR WON’T EVEN LOAD

ACCESSPOINT:(OTHERWISE KNOWN AS APN IN SOME PHONES) THIS IS A NAME A NETWORKS BRINGS OUT THAT ALLOWS THE MOBILE PHONE INTEGRATE WITH THEIR SERVER(NOTE: MISTAKE WITH ANY THE SPELLING MAY LEAD TO WRONG CONFIGURATION BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE MANY CONFIGURATION ERRORS COMES FROM)

HOMEPAGE: THIS IS USUALLY THE SITE OF THE NETWORK THAT IS ALWAYS FREE TO ACCESS IN SOME NETWORK. IT CAN BE CHANGED TO ANY ADDRESS

USERNAME/PASSWORD: THIS IS USED IF A NETWORK IS PROTECTED.. ITS NOT USUALLY NECESSARY IN SOME NETWORKS

NOW CONFIGURE THIS IN YOUR PHONES

GLO MANUAL ConFIGURation Settings

Account Name: GLO
Homepage: http://wap.gloworld.com/
Username: wap
Password: wap
Access Point or APN: glosecure
IP or Proxy Address: 010.100.098.022
Port: 8080

MTN MANUAL ConfigURATION Settings

Account Name: MTN
Homepage: http://wap.mtnonline.com/
Username: web
Password: web
Access Point or APN: web.gprs.mtnnigeria.net
IP or Proxy Address: 010.199.212.002
Port: 8080

AIRTEL MANUAL ConfiguratION Settings

Account Name: AIRTEL
Homepage: http://wap.ng.airtel.com/
Username: Internet
Password: Internet
Access Point or APN: internet.ng.zain.com
IP or Proxy Address: 172.018.254.005
Port: 8080

ETISALAT Manual ConfigURAtion Settings

Account Name: ETISALAT
Homepage: http://www.etisalat.com.ng/ OR http://mobile.etisalat.com.ng/
Username: wap
Password: wap
Access Point or APN: etisalat
IP or Proxy Address: 010.071.170.005
Port: 8080

I HOPE THIS IS HELPFUL….

James John

Software Engineer