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What does it mean when a Net book has “No Mobile Broadband Selected?”?

Question by Lime: What does it mean when a Net book has “No Mobile Broadband Selected?”?
What does it mean when a Net book has “No Mobile Broadband Selected?”

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Answer by Gregg DesElms
First of all, in order to even echo that particular error, worded as it is, it means that the netbook either has a mobile broadband card built-in to it, or has a USB version of one inserted into its USB port. And it also means that the netbook has probably already been configured to use that mobile broadband connection, and not a wired or wireless Ethernet connection, as its means of accessing the Internet.

So, then, all the error means is that a specific mobile broadband (2G, 3G or 4G) provider has been selected from however many the card is cabable of receiving.

It could also be a mis-worded error message telling you, simply, that there’s no 2G, 3G or 4G service where you are.

And it could also mean something else. Badly-written utilities echo not-quite-accurate error messages all the time. If whomever wrote the utility that’s echoing that message was in a hurry, s/he might have just used that message as a catch-all for several different possibilities (which, of course, means that s/he is a lousy programmer, and did a crappy job).

If you’re not even trying to use a 2G, 3G or 4G mobile broadband connection, then you need to disable that capability and then tell Windows to use either a wired or wireless Ethernet connection. Of course, you need to be in a WIFI hotspot, or have a wired router or cable modem or DSL modem connected to the netbook first.

Hope that helps.

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2 Responses to “What does it mean when a Net book has “No Mobile Broadband Selected?”?”

  1. exactly what it says
    No Mobile Broadband is selected

  2. There is no moble broadband pre-installed.

    Mobile broadbrand is a technology that uses cell phone signals to get online virtual anywhere without the need or wireless wifi hotspots.
    The thing is they have a monthly cost, costs ranges varies depeing on speed and data plan.

    In your netbook, there is no mobile broadband option selected.

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