Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 12:59:43 -0800 From: Yuri <yuri@rawbw.com> To: Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Any experience using cellphone as a modem on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <1196715583.47546e3f1002b@webmail.rawbw.com> In-Reply-To: <200712031432.23825.josh@tcbug.org> References: <1196712532.4754625481123@webmail.rawbw.com> <200712031432.23825.josh@tcbug.org>
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Quoting Josh Paetzel <josh@tcbug.org>: > I've done it, and it's painful....took me the better part of two days to get > > working. The main sticking points are you need to dial some arbitrary number > > that your provider won't be able to tell you without spending 5 hours on the > > phone, and you need to know your username (relatively easy to find) and your > > password (harder than hell to find). > > Once you have all that figured out, AND you've made sure your data plan > includes "Phone as Modem" capability, you can link to it with bluetooth and > > then dial out over it with PPP. Thank you for information. It's unfortunate that even though cell phone already has IP connectivity that built-in browser works through it's still necessary to go through dialup/PPP to get this to laptop. I guess I will give it a try too. Yuri
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