Using phone as modem - Settings

[Andre1]

My friends have bought a notebook and would like to connect to the internet via their phone.

Her phone is a Samsung SGH X820.
His phone is a Nokia N70.

The noteobook run on Vista and I would like to know what is the settings to setup so that they can use their phones as modems.

I have download the software that they need for vista for the 2 phone.

Thanks.

 

[marco]

MTN GPRS SETTINGS
-----------------

RUN CONNECTION WIZARD
LEAVE PASSWORD AND USER NAME BLANK
ISP NAME FIELD. ENTER: MTN GPRS
PHONE NO. *99#

ENABLE SIM FOR GPRS, DIAL *123*13#
WAIT FOR SMS
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS. USE PIN 1234 TO DOWNLOAD.
OR DIAL 1555 TO GET ASSISTANCE.

START---CONTROL PANEL----PHONE AND MODEM--
MODEMS. HIGHLIGHT YOUR USB MODEM IE.
MOTOROLA USB MODEM.
RIGHT CLICK: PROPERTIES---MODEM---ADVANCED
IN EXTRA INIT. COMMANDS FIELD ENTER IN LOWER CASING
at+cgdcont=1,,"internet"

DIAL 141 AND FOLLOW INSTR. TO PURCHASE BUNDLE

CONNECT TO INTERNET AND GO TO:www.mtn.co.za
REGISTER AND GET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

CONFIGURE OUTLOOK EXPRESS AS FOLLOWS;
TOOLS---ACCOUNTS---ADD --- MAIL. Now just follow
the prompts.
PROPERTIES---SERVERS
INCOMING MAIL(POP3) mail.mtnloaded.co.za
OUTGOING MAIL(SMTP) mail.mtn.co.za
ACCOUNT NAME; CELL NO.
PW ; AS ENTERED AT MTN WEBSITE.ie.Pin No.

 

[marco]

This may differ for Vista, but I doubt it.
Try it anyway.

 

[unspokenchaos]

start
control panel
network and sharing center
set up a new connection or network
set up a dial up connection
choose the handset
phone number *99#
no username
no password
connection name
datacard connection or bob which ever you'd prefer
connect

 

[waynegohl]

my daughter has a samsung e250 and with the help of the forum and some from vodacom themselves she is up and running.

 

[ProfK]

I was amazed how easily the N70 connected. I thought I'd have to register with MTN, yadda, yadda, blah, but I installed and ran Nokia PC Suite, chose the "Connect to the Internet" option, and I was online.

Of course that was sucking my airtime at the off-bundle rate of R2/MB, but i could buy airtime online and get a bundle within minutes.

NO CONFIGURATION WAS REQUIRED.

 

[unspokenchaos]

I was amazed how easily the N70 connected. I thought I'd have to register with MTN, yadda, yadda, blah, but I installed and ran Nokia PC Suite, chose the "Connect to the Internet" option, and I was online.

Of course that was sucking my airtime at the off-bundle rate of R2/MB, but i could buy airtime online and get a bundle within minutes.

NO CONFIGURATION WAS REQUIRED.

yeah, i've seen this work with older pc suite versions... the new ones however only come with MTN Nigeria, in which case i use the dialup thru windows...

 

[Giarc86]

I know this post is a bit old, but here goes..
My girlfriend has a Samsung e250 on Vodacom and a bluetooth dongle and wants to get onto the internet now and then at home.
So i made a connection, left user name and password blank, entered *99# as the number and clicked dial. It starts connecting and the e sign comes up on the phone, but then gets to "Registering Computer on the Network" then times out. With MTN it works straight away.
Are different settings needed for Vodacom?

Thanks

EDIT: My bad sorry i didn't see it was in the MTN forum

 

[Srack0verflow]

I know this post is a bit old, but here goes..
My girlfriend has a Samsung e250 on Vodacom and a bluetooth dongle and wants to get onto the internet now and then at home.
So i made a connection, left user name and password blank, entered *99# as the number and clicked dial. It starts connecting and the e sign comes up on the phone, but then gets to "Registering Computer on the Network" then times out. With MTN it works straight away.
Are different settings needed for Vodacom?

Thanks

EDIT: My bad sorry i didn't see it was in the MTN forum

try this; go start, control panel, phone and modem options, modems. then select the bluetooth modem, and then properties. click the advanced tab. now paste exactly AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","INTERNET" quotes and all in the extra init. commands field.
http://help.vodacom.co.za/presentat...e&displayBack=false&msisdn=0820000000&answer=