Andrew Gabriel wrote:

What is annoying, and very inconvenient,
is that the modem only re-connects
when it is switched off and on again.
This means someone has to be in the house.
I was using it to connect from Ireland to Italy
and was planning to use it to carry out some simple tasks.

You could put it on a time switch which is programmed to
power cycle it once a day, or similar.

Thanks again for your response.
I did think of using a timer like that,
but have left it too late now.
The modem only lasts about an hour at most,
so I would have to connect shortly after the timer went off.

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