Cingular cell phone service - Configuring a data plan for for remote access

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Configuring a data plan for for remote access

DecaturTxCowboy

2006-08-14, 10:33 pm

Cingular seems pretty clueless on what I'm asking.

I have several laptops, some with a Sony and Sierra data cards and with
a tethered modem. Obviously the laptops with the data cards have a data
plan, and my plan includes the unlimited $59.95/mo data plan for tethering.

I can connect to all of them and ipconfig for their IP address, and then
connect using run Netmeeting, Remote access, etc. They all come up with
the Cingular IP pool of 166.214.xxx and 166.217.xxx.

But when I try to connect to them from my office computer with an IP
address outside of the Cingular pool, I can't connect. Obviously
Cingular is blocking something at their Atlanta server.

Calls to tech support eventually had me calling the B2B division and the
tech there had no idea how to set up the account for letting me do this.

Any suggestions?

DecaturTxCowboy

2006-08-15, 10:33 am

Sorry....dunno why it didn't word wrap

Cingular seems pretty clueless on what I'm asking.

I have several laptops, some with a Sony and Sierra data cards and with
a tethered modem. Obviously the laptops with the data cards have a data
plan, and my plan includes the unlimited $59.95/mo data plan for tethering.

I can connect to all of them and ipconfig for their IP address, and then
connect using run Netmeeting, Remote access, etc. They all come up with
the Cingular IP pool of 166.214.xxx and 166.217.xxx.

But when I try to connect to them from my office computer with an IP
address outside of the Cingular pool, I can't connect. Obviously
Cingular is blocking something at their Atlanta server.

Calls to tech support eventually had me calling the B2B division and the
tech there had no idea how to set up the account for letting me do this.

Any suggestions?

DecaturTxCowboy

2006-08-15, 3:33 pm

Nevermind, its an expensive and complicated solution that only large
business enterprises can afford. Sprint does it with no problem.

jay420

2006-08-15, 10:34 pm

What is the expensive and complicated solution? Some form of port
forwarding?

Would something like the dynip service help make it work?

"DecaturTxCowboy" <nono@no.no> wrote in message
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> Nevermind, its an expensive and complicated solution that only large
> business enterprises can afford. Sprint does it with no problem.

DecaturTxCowboy

2006-08-15, 10:34 pm

jay420 wrote:
> What is the expensive and complicated solution? Some form of port
> forwarding?
>
> Would something like the dynip service help make it work?

No, the ports are blocked at the AT&T Atlanta server.

Already am using the TZO clientt, and it works...if you are connecting
within the same IP pool.

DecaturTxCowboy

2006-08-19, 4:33 am

DecaturTxCowboy wrote:
> Cingular seems pretty clueless on what I'm asking.
>
> I have several laptops, some with a Sony and Sierra data cards and with
> a tethered modem. Obviously the laptops with the data cards have a data
> plan, and my plan includes the unlimited $59.95/mo data plan for tethering.
>
> I can connect to all of them and ipconfig for their IP address, and then
> connect using run Netmeeting, Remote access, etc. They all come up with
> the Cingular IP pool of 166.214.xxx and 166.217.xxx.
>
> But when I try to connect to them from my office computer with an IP
> address outside of the Cingular pool, I can't connect. Obviously
> Cingular is blocking something at their Atlanta server.
>
> Calls to tech support eventually had me calling the B2B division and the
> tech there had no idea how to set up the account for letting me do this.
>
> Any suggestions?

Nevermind, I can throw up four or five WiFi hotspots to cover the 10
mile wide by 20 mile long valley and get coverage into truck mounted
laptops.

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