From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 25 20:28:57 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BFD1106567A for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:28:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=cd4a9d400e82bedad4d633473a864a6647e785d3=682=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from postal1.es.net (postal1.es.net [IPv6:2001:400:14:3::6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 200098FC14 for ; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:28:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from SRS0=cd4a9d400e82bedad4d633473a864a6647e785d3=682=es.net=oberman@es.net) Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [198.128.4.29]) by postal1.es.net (Postal Node 1) with ESMTP (SSL) id FYB18955; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:28:55 -0700 Received: from ptavv.es.net (ptavv.es.net [127.0.0.1]) by ptavv.es.net (Tachyon Server) with ESMTP id E5BD645010; Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:28:54 -0700 (PDT) To: "Yuri Lukin" In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:58:14 EDT." <20080425185238.M24089@swaggi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1209155334_37085P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:28:54 -0700 From: "Kevin Oberman" Message-Id: <20080425202854.E5BD645010@ptavv.es.net> X-Sender-IP: 198.128.4.29 X-Sender-Domain: es.net X-Recipent: ;; X-Sender: X-To_Name: Yuri Lukin X-To_Domain: swaggi.com X-To: "Yuri Lukin" X-To_Email: lists@swaggi.com X-To_Alias: lists Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dial-up Networking with Verizon and Treo X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:28:57 -0000 --==_Exmh_1209155334_37085P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline > From: "Yuri Lukin" > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:58:14 -0400 > > On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:35:33 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote > > I have a Verizon Wireless Palm 755p with which I can connect my > > laptop to the Internet under Windows. I would really like to be able > > to do this under FreeBSD, but I have no idea of what the appropriate > > USB driver would be or how PPP would be configured for it. The > > Verizon software does not even have an account name or password for > > the connection. > > > > Has anyone managed to get this to work? I suspect any Treo on Verizon > > would connect in much the same manner. > > -- > > > I did this with my old Verizon Motorola phone several years ago via Bluetooth. > I paired my laptop (6.0-RELEASE afaik) with the phone and used it as a modem > to dial-up to Verizon's network. The speed wasn't great (EVDO) but it worked. > Verizon phones dial #777 for a data connection where the username is > your_10_digit_number@vzw3g.com and the password is vzw. Don't think you need > the cable/dongle as long as your 755p supports DUN via bluetooth. I have a > 700wx myself but haven't tried this yet. This might do the trick! Now I have a username and password, so I'll give it another try. Thanks! -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: oberman@es.net Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751 --==_Exmh_1209155334_37085P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.8 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 06/03/2002 iD8DBQFIEj8Gkn3rs5h7N1ERAv4BAKCjxe4+6ch+YNDa9KHwq5TRw8Ws+ACeMggo KEIBZFV6k2s1KO8vEOUi5aM= =4L9J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1209155334_37085P--