Laptop email over mobile phone ?
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I have a notebook computer, recently equipped with a Belkin F8T002 Bluetooth PCMCIA card and a Nokia 6310i mobile, also with bluetooth. I can connect the devices so they see each other and would now like to be able to surf the web and collect email when I am out of the office, thing is, I don't know how!
I am on the T-Mobile network and have a GPRS service enabled on my airtime. However, neither the shop, T-Mobile or Nokia have been any good at helping me get everything connected and configured.
So..how do I do this and will T-Mobile be my ISP in this instance, or would I just be using the phone as a Dial Up Connection to the regular dial-up service of my broadband ISP? Help, I am very confused about all this and even googling does not help that much!
TIA, Bryan
I am on the T-Mobile network and have a GPRS service enabled on my airtime. However, neither the shop, T-Mobile or Nokia have been any good at helping me get everything connected and configured.
So..how do I do this and will T-Mobile be my ISP in this instance, or would I just be using the phone as a Dial Up Connection to the regular dial-up service of my broadband ISP? Help, I am very confused about all this and even googling does not help that much!
TIA, Bryan
Hi Podie,
Don't have the Nokia cable. Admittedly if I did, then I could load Nokia's own software. Their CDROM gives options for IR, cable and bluetooth - except with the bluetooth I would have to use THEIR PCMCIA card which they discontinued 2 years ago because it was poor. The software will not allow me to install the Noka bluetooth set up - instead saying I have to set up the modem manually. I assume this is what I have done as I now get a DUN connection screen.
So, assuming that I put in my ISP's tel number, my user name and password - that should work?
Will this be a GPRS connection or not? I don't see any options on my laptop tp configure it as this, thought there may be an option IIRC to set the baud rate manually. Hell, its complicated this.
Don't have the Nokia cable. Admittedly if I did, then I could load Nokia's own software. Their CDROM gives options for IR, cable and bluetooth - except with the bluetooth I would have to use THEIR PCMCIA card which they discontinued 2 years ago because it was poor. The software will not allow me to install the Noka bluetooth set up - instead saying I have to set up the modem manually. I assume this is what I have done as I now get a DUN connection screen.
So, assuming that I put in my ISP's tel number, my user name and password - that should work?
Will this be a GPRS connection or not? I don't see any options on my laptop tp configure it as this, thought there may be an option IIRC to set the baud rate manually. Hell, its complicated this.
Psychobert said:
Used to use a 6310 then a Sony Z600 with my ipaq over bluetooth. Once you set up the partnership the phone needs to dial *99# to get ontp the T mobile network. IIRC the username and password can both be left blank though you might need to tweak advanced settings to get your ISP mailservers to talk to you. You will also need to set up the email on the laptop with all the right settings to send and receive email. You might find you need to use T mobiles SMTP server to send mail, I'd found with both plusnet and tiscali on O2 the T mobile I had to use the phone company's smtp rather than my isp. Once I got that figured all was ok.
BTW, I think all mobile networsk use *99# to access gprs..
Cool. You are the man. Went to DUN on the laptop, just put in *99# with nothing else - and it WORKED FIRST TIME ! Hurrah! My internet and email worked perfectly - nothing else needed doing and it was full strength GPRS all the way - as shown by the G symbol being displayed on the phone. It was THAT easy in the end.
Fantastic - really pleased. Once again, the shared power of PHs triumphs when faced with technological adversity. Thanks everyone - really appreciated by one very happy bunny here.
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