Need help using cell phone as a modem please...

Has anyone successfully been able to connect a laptop via blootooth or
infrared to their cell phone and access the Internet using Cingular
Connection Manager? I do not have their data services package, I only
have their Media Works package. I am not trying to use it to dial to
my ISP. I would like to use it to access the Internet via the Cingular
network. I believe this is possible but I'm not sure if I bought the
right package. The error I am receiving is "Error 734: The PPP link
control protocol was terminated." Nobody at Cingular knows anything
about this stuff. Everyone has a different answer.

Thanks!

What phone are you using?

"progger" <ahmet.arsan@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:778a85a7.0410191831.5ed32c7b@posting.google.c om...
> Has anyone successfully been able to connect a laptop via blootooth or
> infrared to their cell phone and access the Internet using Cingular
> Connection Manager? I do not have their data services package, I only
> have their Media Works package. I am not trying to use it to dial to
> my ISP. I would like to use it to access the Internet via the Cingular
> network. I believe this is possible but I'm not sure if I bought the
> right package. The error I am receiving is "Error 734: The PPP link
> control protocol was terminated." Nobody at Cingular knows anything
> about this stuff. Everyone has a different answer.
>
> Thanks!

I'm using the Nokia 6230b - not the one from Cingular. I bought this
online, unlocked.

Thanks,
Ahmet


"Zarch" <jaycawthon@cox-internet.com> wrote in message news:<10nbqo2krqsvj40@corp.supernews.com>...
> What phone are you using?
>
> "progger" <ahmet.arsan@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:778a85a7.0410191831.5ed32c7b@posting.google.c om...
> > Has anyone successfully been able to connect a laptop via blootooth or
> > infrared to their cell phone and access the Internet using Cingular
> > Connection Manager? I do not have their data services package, I only
> > have their Media Works package. I am not trying to use it to dial to
> > my ISP. I would like to use it to access the Internet via the Cingular
> > network. I believe this is possible but I'm not sure if I bought the
> > right package. The error I am receiving is "Error 734: The PPP link
> > control protocol was terminated." Nobody at Cingular knows anything
> > about this stuff. Everyone has a different answer.
> >
> > Thanks!

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In <778a85a7.0410191831.5ed32c7b@posting.google.com > on 19 Oct 2004 19:31:42
-0700, ahmet.arsan@gmail.com (progger) wrote:

>Has anyone successfully been able to connect a laptop via blootooth or
>infrared to their cell phone and access the Internet

Yes.

>using Cingular
>Connection Manager?

I don't just it because it isn't needed -- all that's needed is Windows DUN
(Dial-Up Networking). See my web pages below.

>I do not have their data services package, I only
>have their Media Works package.

Likewise (currently).

>I am not trying to use it to dial to
>my ISP. I would like to use it to access the Internet via the Cingular
>network. I believe this is possible but I'm not sure if I bought the
>right package.

It is possible and you do have the right package *if* your phone supports GPRS
and you're in a GPRS coverage area. MEdia packages don't include CSD, only
GPRS.

>The error I am receiving is "Error 734: The PPP link
>control protocol was terminated." Nobody at Cingular knows anything
>about this stuff. Everyone has a different answer.

See my web pages below for GPRS settings.

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

John
According to your website, in order to works, we must have ISP.Cingular
added in the account. The Media Works does not include ISP.Cingular , I
called many times, Cingular guys just could not find it in their computer
under the Media Work package.

acm


"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
news:Ejwdd.159$_3.1442@typhoon.sonic.net...
> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>
> In <778a85a7.0410191831.5ed32c7b@posting.google.com > on 19 Oct 2004
19:31:42
> -0700, ahmet.arsan@gmail.com (progger) wrote:
>
> >Has anyone successfully been able to connect a laptop via blootooth or
> >infrared to their cell phone and access the Internet
>
> Yes.
>
> >using Cingular
> >Connection Manager?
>
> I don't just it because it isn't needed -- all that's needed is Windows
DUN
> (Dial-Up Networking). See my web pages below.
>
> >I do not have their data services package, I only
> >have their Media Works package.
>
> Likewise (currently).
>
> >I am not trying to use it to dial to
> >my ISP. I would like to use it to access the Internet via the Cingular
> >network. I believe this is possible but I'm not sure if I bought the
> >right package.
>
> It is possible and you do have the right package *if* your phone supports
GPRS
> and you're in a GPRS coverage area. MEdia packages don't include CSD,
only
> GPRS.
>
> >The error I am receiving is "Error 734: The PPP link
> >control protocol was terminated." Nobody at Cingular knows anything
> >about this stuff. Everyone has a different answer.
>
> See my web pages below for GPRS settings.
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

Yes -- it works -- and the 734 means your phone is not setup for WIX
--- ask for "Media Works WIX" to be placed on your phone --

or it may be some other feature -- let us know what you find out


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You do not need ISP.CINGULAR with MEdia Works (not specifically covered on my
website), which uses the WAP settings.

In <DAzdd.399865$mD.54325@attbi_s02> on Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:08:03 GMT, "acm"
<acm870ye@comcast.net> wrote:

>According to your website, in order to works, we must have ISP.Cingular
>added in the account. The Media Works does not include ISP.Cingular , I
>called many times, Cingular guys just could not find it in their computer
>under the Media Work package.
>
>"John Navas" <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> wrote in message
>news:Ejwdd.159$_3.1442@typhoon.sonic.net...
>> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>>
>> In <778a85a7.0410191831.5ed32c7b@posting.google.com > on 19 Oct 2004
>19:31:42
>> -0700, ahmet.arsan@gmail.com (progger) wrote:
>>
>> >Has anyone successfully been able to connect a laptop via blootooth or
>> >infrared to their cell phone and access the Internet
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> >using Cingular
>> >Connection Manager?
>>
>> I don't just it because it isn't needed -- all that's needed is Windows
>DUN
>> (Dial-Up Networking). See my web pages below.
>>
>> >I do not have their data services package, I only
>> >have their Media Works package.
>>
>> Likewise (currently).
>>
>> >I am not trying to use it to dial to
>> >my ISP. I would like to use it to access the Internet via the Cingular
>> >network. I believe this is possible but I'm not sure if I bought the
>> >right package.
>>
>> It is possible and you do have the right package *if* your phone supports
>GPRS
>> and you're in a GPRS coverage area. MEdia packages don't include CSD,
>only
>> GPRS.
>>
>> >The error I am receiving is "Error 734: The PPP link
>> >control protocol was terminated." Nobody at Cingular knows anything
>> >about this stuff. Everyone has a different answer.
>>
>> See my web pages below for GPRS settings.
>>
>> --
>> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
>> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>
>

--
Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

[mvaugeri]

I was able to create a dial-up connection in Windows XP that allows me to use my Motorola V220 cell phone as a modem connected to my laptop PC via a USB port. As stated previously, I have been successfully running Mobile PhoneTools (version 3.25b), but I wanted to be able to create my own connection. One of the problems I had to discover and correct was that once Mobile PhoneTools had been run, the state of some unspecified connection parameters remained on the system so that I had several trial connections that appeared to work because I had tried them after Mobile PhoneTools had been run. However, after rebooting the system, the connection would no longer work. I have resolved that situation and now present how I created my connection.



It was relatively easy to come up with the connection parameters, but one of them proved to be difficult to “get into the system” properly. That parameter was the “Access Point Name” (APN). For Cingular, the APN is ISP.CINGULAR. I finally got a clue on how to do this after going through dozens of web references that discussed the problem I was having, namely “Error 734: The PPP link control was terminated.” With the information I found on the Internet and looking at the modem dialog log file that Mobile PhoneTools creates when the program is started, I was finally able to figure out how to implement the APN. It turns out that you have to specify the APN in a modem command string. To do this, you go into the “Device Manager”, open the properties of the modem used for your connection, click on the “Advanced” tab, and enter the modem command string in the “Extra initialization commands” dialog box. Somehow, this command string survives on the system for this modem after a system reboot (stored in the registry?), so you should only have to do this once. Finally, when I created the dial-up connection using the Windows Network Connection applet, I accepted all the defaults. This included “Enable LCP extensions” under the “Networking” tab, which is often mentioned as a possible cause of the “734” error. Another default is to “Allow unsecured password” connections under the “Security” tab, again often mentioned in conjunction with the “734” error. So, here’s how to create a dial-up connection for the system configuration described above.



When creating the dial-up connection, use the following parameters:



Phone number: *99***3#

User name: WIXDC001@W5.MYCINGULAR.COM

Password: ZXY203DC9K0402



Then, add the following command string to the modem profile as described above:



AT+CGDCONT=3,"IP","ISP.CINGULAR",,0,0



Note that the modem for this connection, in my case it’s named “Motorola USB Modem #4”, won’t appear on the system for the dial-up connection until you have connected the cell phone to the PC via the USB port. Then you can edit its properties.



Also, the user name and password shown are the so-called legacy parameters and are the ones used by Mobile PhoneTools. The “newer” parameters listed in the http://alliance.cingularinteractive.com/products/pdf/DeviceSettings.pdf document are ISPDA@CINGULARGPRS.COM and CINGULAR1, respectively. And I’ve seen many variations of the modem command string; the one shown here is the one used by Mobile PhoneTools and works as of this writing, 7/18/2005. Maybe someday I’ll experiment with different parameters. But for now, I’m sticking with what works.



One more thing: this connection worked for both web browsing and email.



I hope this will save somebody the trouble I went through to figure this out.



Mike Augeri