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Tethered modem

  Date: Dec 07    Category: Unix / Linux / Ubuntu    Views: 371
  

I sometimes obtain Internet access by using my T-Mobile Dash with a USB
connection to a computer running Windows XP. (The protocol is EDGE, about 200k.)
If I were to use a laptop with only Ubuntu installed, could I also obtain
Internet access in this way? According to preliminary experiments, it doesn't
just work, so I would appreciate some references.

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Answer #1    Answered On: Dec 07    

I'd like to find an answer to that too. PDAnet works fine in Windows (I dual
boot) but has no Linux version that I know of...

 
Answer #2    Answered On: Dec 07    

what software version is your phone?

 
Answer #3    Answered On: Dec 07    

Windows Mobile 6. When connected to a Windows computer, it uses ActiveSync.

 
Answer #4    Answered On: Dec 07    

He forwarded some information that seemed as if it was going to be helpful. When
the Dash, with WM6, is tethered with USB, it is recognized (as eth1; the driver
is mdis_host, the MAC address is 80:00:60:0F:E8:00, and it has an IP). When
surfing is attempted, it loads one or two Web pages before it slows down and is
unable to fetch any more.

Or try wvdial? I attempted to construct wvdial.conf from information given at
another site:

[Dialer Defaults]
Modem = /dev/ttyUSB0
Baud = 115200
Init1 = ATZ
Init2 = ATQ0 V1 E1 S0=0 &C1 &D2 +FCLASS=0 Carrier Check = no Stupid Mode = no
Phone = *99#
Username =
Password =
New PPPD = yes ISDN = 0 Modem Type = Analog Modem

There's no /dev/ttyUSB0, however. And it's not recognized.

I don't seem to have Bluetooth dongles lying around, but I ordered one. That's
another approach that is sometimes used.

 
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