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infrared dial up over mobile phone
I have a client who wants to use the infrared connection
on his mobile phone to dial up to the internet from his laptop. The phone's software has been installed. When putting it within range of the laptop, the IR icon appears in the taskbar. The problem is in creating the dial up connection. If you choose the dial up connection from the wizard, it automatically tries to use the modem and then says there is no dial tone (obviously). There is no option in the wizard to select an infrared connection/device. The only option to choose infrared is for a direct connection to another computer, but this isn't what we want. How do I configure the laptop to dial up over the infrared link? |
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infrared dial up over mobile phone
adrian916 wrote:
I have a client who wants to use the infrared connection on his mobile phone to dial up to the internet from his laptop. The phone's software has been installed. When putting it within range of the laptop, the IR icon appears in the taskbar. When I place my mobile phone in range of my PC's infrared device, a new modem device is auto-configured by Windows. It is labelled "Nokia 6210" to suit the phone and this device can be used in the same way as a serial connected or internal modem. It of course has thge PC use IrDA (in particular the IrCOMM protocol) to communicate with the phone. I haven't installed Nokia's "PC Suite" to enable this. Which make and model of phone does your client have? The problem is in creating the dial up connection. If you choose the dial up connection from the wizard, it automatically tries to use the modem and then says there is no dial tone (obviously). There is no option in the wizard to select an infrared connection/device. Erm, which modem device are you choosing here? One labelled as the phone or not? There's some information on this in my IrDA FAQ and other documents on my website. The only option to choose infrared is for a direct connection to another computer, but this isn't what we want. How do I configure the laptop to dial up over the infrared link? -- Alan J. McFarlane http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alanjmcf/ Please follow-up in the newsgroup for the benefit of all. |
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infrared dial up over mobile phone
thanks alan for your advice - i'll take a look at your
website. In answer to your question "which modem" - it is only the internal modem (in the laptop) that is displayed. There is no choice to select a different one.Unfortunately I've had to deal with this problem over the phone, so it's quite possible that the client hasn't mentioned everything and I could be missing something obvious. Will give it another go though - thanks -----Original Message----- adrian916 wrote: I have a client who wants to use the infrared connection on his mobile phone to dial up to the internet from his laptop. The phone's software has been installed. When putting it within range of the laptop, the IR icon appears in the taskbar. When I place my mobile phone in range of my PC's infrared device, a new modem device is auto-configured by Windows. It is labelled "Nokia 6210" to suit the phone and this device can be used in the same way as a serial connected or internal modem. It of course has thge PC use IrDA (in particular the IrCOMM protocol) to communicate with the phone. I haven't installed Nokia's "PC Suite" to enable this. Which make and model of phone does your client have? The problem is in creating the dial up connection. If you choose the dial up connection from the wizard, it automatically tries to use the modem and then says there is no dial tone (obviously). There is no option in the wizard to select an infrared connection/device. Erm, which modem device are you choosing here? One labelled as the phone or not? There's some information on this in my IrDA FAQ and other documents on my website. The only option to choose infrared is for a direct connection to another computer, but this isn't what we want. How do I configure the laptop to dial up over the infrared link? -- Alan J. McFarlane http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alanjmcf/ Please follow-up in the newsgroup for the benefit of all. . |
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