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How do I use V557 to reach Internet via Bluetooth to Laptop?
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| I have a V557 paired with my laptop via Bluetooth and would like to be able
to access the internet this way for travel but can't get it to work. I have
a data package so it's up to me now to get this working. The pairing works
fine and I can send files back and forth. How do I make the internet link?
Step by step for a novice.
Thanks
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| John Navas 2006-03-06, 11:48 pm |
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In <zvidnQvYNJVdHZHZRVn-gA@comcast.com> on Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:34:32 -0500,
"Bob" <bob1030@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have a V557 paired with my laptop via Bluetooth and would like to be able
>to access the internet this way for travel but can't get it to work. I have
>a data package so it's up to me now to get this working. The pairing works
>fine and I can send files back and forth. How do I make the internet link?
>
>Step by step for a novice.
See the FAQ below, which links to a separate step-by-step document.
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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
Q>
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| Thanks John.
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> In <zvidnQvYNJVdHZHZRVn-gA@comcast.com> on Mon, 6 Mar 2006 13:34:32 -0500,
> "Bob" <bob1030@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> See the FAQ below, which links to a separate step-by-step document.
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> --
> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
Q>
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| I'm trying to do this and still having trouble getting connected. I'm using
the Cingular Communications Mgr which may not be the right way to go for
this. When I start it up it finds my bluetooth connection to my phone
alright. I then click on Connect and wait. It goes through the
initialization process ok, searches for network and finds it and then show
Ready: 'Cingular - Accelerated' I then click on the highlighted Connect
button. It says connecting, authenticating, authorizing and then I get an
error "RAS Error, Return Value: 31. Click ok and get Error with PPP
Connection: 31. It then reverts to Ready and waits for me to connect.
What am I doing wrong here? Is it easier to use a standard windows config
and bypass the Cing. Comm. Mgr.?
Thanks for the help!
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| John Navas 2006-03-16, 5:48 am |
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In < tPydnVW9YNkPiY7Z4p2d
nA@comcast.com> on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:18:54 -0500,
"Bob" <bob1030@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I'm trying to do this and still having trouble getting connected. I'm using
>the Cingular Communications Mgr which may not be the right way to go for
>this. When I start it up it finds my bluetooth connection to my phone
>alright. I then click on Connect and wait. It goes through the
>initialization process ok, searches for network and finds it and then show
>Ready: 'Cingular - Accelerated' I then click on the highlighted Connect
>button. It says connecting, authenticating, authorizing and then I get an
>error "RAS Error, Return Value: 31. Click ok and get Error with PPP
>Connection: 31. It then reverts to Ready and waits for me to connect.
>
>What am I doing wrong here? Is it easier to use a standard windows config
>and bypass the Cing. Comm. Mgr.?
Do you have a Data Connect package or a MEdia Net package? If the former, why
not just take it in to a real Cingular store and get them to do it? If the
latter, then you need to do it yourself manually, as described in the FAQ.
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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
Q>
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| I have a Media Net package. This is more of a challenge than a necessity as
I will probably use it only in a traveling emergency. Other than that it's
a novelty to have available.
I did get it working however through my Bluetooth using Blue Soleil to
create a DUN connection. It actually works pretty well, connecting in about
2 seconds. I used it to load a web page or two and access webmail and it
worked fine. I don't have a test speed using DSL Reports but it was showing
111.5 when it connected. This may be a connect speed and not an actual
throughput speed but it did work and was faster than dial-up so I'm
satisfied.
I have not tried the Cingular Connection Mgr software to compare ease and
speed.
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> In < tPydnVW9YNkPiY7Z4p2d
nA@comcast.com> on Sat, 11 Mar 2006
> 13:18:54 -0500,
> "Bob" <bob1030@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
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> Do you have a Data Connect package or a MEdia Net package? If the former,
> why
> not just take it in to a real Cingular store and get them to do it? If
> the
> latter, then you need to do it yourself manually, as described in the FAQ.
>
> --
> Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
> John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
Q>
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| John Navas 2006-03-21, 11:48 pm |
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In < bMedndC1TP2oPr3Z4p2d
nA@comcast.com> on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:06:47 -0500,
"Bob" <bob1030@hotmail.com> wrote:
>I have a Media Net package. This is more of a challenge than a necessity as
>I will probably use it only in a traveling emergency. Other than that it's
>a novelty to have available.
>
>I did get it working however through my Bluetooth using Blue Soleil to
>create a DUN connection. It actually works pretty well, connecting in about
>2 seconds. I used it to load a web page or two and access webmail and it
>worked fine. I don't have a test speed using DSL Reports but it was showing
>111.5 when it connected. This may be a connect speed and not an actual
>throughput speed but it did work and was faster than dial-up so I'm
>satisfied.
This is probably the (serial) port speed. You should increase the port speed
setting to at least twice that for optimum performance.
>I have not tried the Cingular Connection Mgr software to compare ease and
>speed.
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>"John Navas" < spamfilter0@navasgro
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Best regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT
John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/ Cingu...less_FA
Q>
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| dold@XReXXHowXd.usenet.us.com 2006-03-22, 5:48 pm |
| Bob <bob1030@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I have a Media Net package. This is more of a challenge than a necessity
> as I will probably use it only in a traveling emergency. Other than that
> it's a novelty to have available.
That is essentially what I am doing. I have the MediaNet Unlimited, rather
than one of the smaller packages, because the pay-as-you-go rates are so
exorbitant, and one day of heavy usage can exceed several months of
payment on the unlimited plan.
I have considered turning the unlimited on only if I am going out of town,
but that seems too troublesome.
http://www.google.com/glm mapping can use .5 MB per session.
http://m.gmail.com renders Microsoft documents in email. That could be
extensive data downloads.
http://www.opera.com/mini might also be a lot of data.
If you tether a PC, that could be several MB in one day.
> I don't have a test speed using DSL Reports but it was showing 111.5 when
> it connected.
dslreports might go over your usage limit for the month ;-)
Timing the download of one jpg of known size is probably sufficient for
getting an idea of the speed. I find about 30Kbps in non-EDGE areas, and
70-100Kbps in EDGE areas, with a V551.
115200 is a serial connection speed limit, not this connection.
You should set it for 230400. For my WinXP-Sp2 Bluetooth, it's under
network connections, dialup connections, BluetoothConnection,
properties,
General-modem-configure.
You could observe throughput with a start-run-perfmon.msc.
My connection shows up under +Network Interface,WAN [PPP_SLIP].
There you can monitor sent and received bytes, and some errors.
Testing just now, in a poor reception area, I saw a peak of 6422Bps loading
nytimes.com. There was a peak upload of 3885Bps during that session. The
peaks are very peaky, so I suspect that they are data from PC to phone, and
the peaks are smoothing out in the phone onto the WAN.
It took 1:26 to download a jpg of 193K, 2399Bps, with some noticeable flat
spots in the performance monitor.
> I have not tried the Cingular Connection Mgr software to compare ease and
> speed.
Once you have the connection set up, connection manager is of no value to
you. It will also want to connect to the ISP@ login, which is part of the
Data Connect package that you don't have, so that won't work.
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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8,-122.5
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