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May022004

Using Cellphone to connect to internet!

I was curious as to how easy it would be to connect my carputer to the internet.  It turned out to be really easy and there are no additional fees.  My service provider is Verizon and i have a Motorolla T720c.  Using Verison and most other service providers you can connect to a service called Quick2Net which just uses your regular minutes.  So, there is nothing to sign up for and you can connect on nights and weekends for free (if you have free nights and weekends). My account doesn't have wireless web access and i'm still able to connect to the internet using my cellphone.  The steps which you have to take to connect your cellphone to your computer are outlined below.

STEP 1: Get a cable to connect your cell phone to your computer

I had bought a usb cable off ebay for like 3-4 bux about 8 months ago which allowed me to connect my phone to my computer.  (it was some third party cable made in like china)

STEP 2: Get the driver for your phone

If you use a different phone then the motorolla T720c, then you will need to find a driver to allow your computer to use your cellphone as a modem.  Once you've done that skip to step 3.

I found the driver for a motorolla T720 on the MTS website which is a another service provider.   I'm not really sure  what they do exactly but the important thing is you can download a driver from their website at http://www.mts.ca/wirelessdata/downloads/motorola720.exe.  Install the USB driver, the first option in the program, and you're done with this software. 


STEP 3: Create a dialup connection

So, once i had the modem driver installed i went into network connections in win xp and added a new dialup connection.  In theory all the information you should need is below, however, when i tried it it couldn't connect to the internet.  All the information you need is pasted below.  Or see this link for more info: http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=33716

Number to Dial: #7772
User: qnc
Password: qnc

The Solution:

After searching the web some more i came across SmithPlanet.com, the smith family website.  On that website there is a section on hacking an Audiovox cellphone and one of the sections is on connecting to the internet using the cellphone as a modem.  Check out this site for VDialer which is a utility which automatically sets up the dialup networking connections so it will connect to Verizons.  After going through the wizard i was able to connect to the Quick2Net service with no problems. 

 

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