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What do you mean open the IP?

There is no problem communicating to the arduino, and the gprs shield dies not have is own IP address?

Sorry guys, you have had long enough, I'm going to raise an amazon case against you.

Tks, Chris

hi - any update?

Just to be clear, I am not buying another GPRS shield to prove that yours is faulty. I'm assuming that's not what you are actually suggesting!?

Unless you have any further ideas, I suggest we go down the route of a refund.

Thanks,
Chris

No I don't. Just yours.

Hi, that's exactly what I did.

Thanks, Chris

Hi, I was previously on an existing thread, but asked to move to a new thread. I have been battling with the GPRS shield for 5 days now... I have the shield plugged into a 5v 2a power supply and have even bought a new one to ensure it is not a power problem. I flicked the swicth to external power. T...

Hi - moving this to a new thread

Sure, it's pretty simple. I have connected the 3v battery, the 5v power supply and the USB cable to the PC. I have the jumpers set as per default (software) and the power set to external. I have Putty running on PC to communicate to port allowing the AT commands i sent earlier. When I hold the power...

Hi, yes have checked both of these. I have 5v 2A power and have double checked the antenna.

my net light (the green one) flashes every 800ms, not 3s.

I have waited for hours... I dont think waiting is the issue. I have full reception and the error is repeated with 2 SIM cards. It appears to be a faulty shield.