From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 28 7:13:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E12037B400 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:13:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ns2.wananchi.com (ns2.wananchi.com [62.8.64.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB7AD43E17 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 07:13:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wash@wananchi.com) Received: from wash by ns2.wananchi.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (FreeBSD)) id 17NwTp-0007LK-00 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:12:09 +0300 Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:12:09 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Cellular Phone with USB on Laptop Message-ID: <20020628141209.GF8395@ns2.wananchi.com> Mail-Followup-To: Odhiambo Washington , FreeBSD Questions References: <20020628155127.I8894@free.bsd.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020628155127.I8894@free.bsd.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Disclaimer: Any views expressed in this message,where not explicitly attributed otherwise, are mine alone!. X-Fortune: "I may not be totally perfect, but parts of me are excellent." -- Ashleigh Brilliant X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE i386 X-Best-Window-Manager: Blackbox X-Mailer: Mutt http://www.mutt.org/ X-Designation: Systems Administrator, Wananchi Online Ltd. X-Location: Nairobi, KE, East Africa. X-Uptime: 5:11PM up 25 days, 7:55, 2 users, load averages: 2.75, 3.21, 3.07 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Martin Hasenbein [20020628 16:50]: wrote: > Hi, > > I've bought myself a Laptop recently. This Laptop doesn't > have an infrared-port, but that doesn't really bother me, > because my cellular phone, Motorola v66, doesn't have one > either. But the laptop doesn't have a serial link, too. > So, how can I connect my cellular phone to the laptop, > to get online, when I'm mobile. Is it possible to use > an USB-wire to cennect the cellular phone to the laptop? > Would FreeBSD recognize the cellular phone? And could I > use it as a modem to dial out?? Serial->USB adaptersmay help -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington "The box said 'Requires Wananchi Online Ltd. www.wananchi.com Windows 95, NT, or better,' Tel: 254 2 313985-9 Fax: 254 2 313922 so I installed FreeBSD." GSM: 254 72 743 223 GSM: 254 733 744 121 This sig is McQ! :-) Prof: So the American government went to IBM to come up with a data encryption standard and they came up with ... Student: EBCDIC! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message