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kite

05-10-2001, 04:02 PM

How do you get a laptop on the internet using cell phone? I know you can but I'm not real sure. It is dell. If you need any other specs just post it.

Kite

WisiWiz

05-10-2001, 04:07 PM

what kind of cell phone?
some connect via COM1 others via PCMCIA.

check cell phone Manufacurer site.

DVNT1

05-10-2001, 04:11 PM

I had to buy the cable adapter to go from the laptop's comport to the cell phone. I also had to install the software that came with the cables which installed the cell phone connection as a modem. That software also created a duplicated a Dial-up networking icon for each one I had but set to use the cell phone modem.
To connect, turn on the cell phone, launch your new dial-up networking icon, it will dial and connect you.

Rather fast and painless (except for the slow speed). I'm too used to cable modem speed now. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Brangwen

05-10-2001, 06:18 PM

I believe one can also use a wireless modem...?

I don't see the advantage, unless you want to perform the operation without connection a cellphone to laptop via cable, etc.

Brangwen http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

PS: I've never used such a modem, but I've seen them: an antenae sticking out from end of laptop from modem?

DanU

05-11-2001, 12:18 AM

DVNT1, what speeds are you getting?

Yar1182

05-11-2001, 03:02 AM

I got a Motorola star-tac connected via PCMCIA. It's slow like 14.4kbps. There are dedicated PC card modems that claim to get up to 38.8kbps. From the few I've seen it's more like 24kbps. There is also Ricochet if it's available in your area. Very cool, my buddy in San Francisco gets 128kbps down, and 64kbps up. It's expensive though.

DVNT1

05-11-2001, 04:05 AM

I also see speeds in the 14.4kbps to 30.0kbps range.

tepo

05-11-2001, 08:08 AM

All speeds You guys get are almost always depended of cellular network, nothing else, here in Finland normal GSM data speed is 9.6 k, with newer phones 14.4 k. There is HSDCS, "High Speed Data Communication System" wich gives "whopping" 38.4 k ( <- something like that ) but then You are using several GSM channel, wich makes this alternative quite expensive. I use my Nokia 6110 to send and receice urgent emails or faxes from my laptop at work, also to remote-control some alarmsystems when users have messed them up... http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

Tepo