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koshington
Joined: May 12, 2002
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Hi,
Anyone out there know what I need to configure an Apple Mac running OSX so that via the D-link bluetooth connection I can connect to Vodafone GPRS system on my Ericsson T68i??
The Bluetooth hardware works fine I just need the settings!! Please i'm having withdrawal symptoms as I can't surf the net!!!!
Vodafone are useless "what's an apple mac???" (oohh my god they PAY these people!!) |
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markprimary
Joined: Aug 13, 2002
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From: London, UK
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When I was on Orange I was assured the Apple Macs will not be supported by Customer Support! They could only refer to me Apple Mac service in the UK and they were no help either. I've had a go with a couple of scripts from dodgy german sites and they're not perfect but I'm on OS 9.x due to it being my office standard. OSX will only cause further problems! |
Supa_Fly
Joined: Apr 16, 2002
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From: Toronto, Ontario
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Try downloading and using the new insync by apple. This should work. You need os 10.1.4 at least and gprs subscription too. When asking for ip addresses tell them you have windows 2 get the settings. Let us know how it works out!
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Supa_Fly
Joined: Apr 16, 2002
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From: Toronto, Ontario
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So now you want to use your phone as a bluetooth modem. No problem. Go to Internet Connect, select BlueTooth Modem with a Ericsson IRDA script and hit connect. She will connect to yoou DUN ISP with ease (this was on a VoiceStream/T-Mobile network. This feature depends on your cellular provider).
Selected the USB Bluetooth Modem Adapter as your modem adapter.
Got these instructions from another Apple user from Tsixtyeight.com, forgot who.
Hope this helps using Mac OS 10.2.1 with iSYNC!
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ChaseDonnelly
Joined: Oct 28, 2002
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If you have the D-link and the T68i, you should be able to simply link them through Isync...go in there and click pair devices...it will work...it did for me on my powerbook |
alexf
Joined: Jun 16, 2003
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Best thing is to download the GenericGPRS2002Dec.sit modem script from http://www.taniwha.org.uk/files/
Then you will need to edit one of the scripts because he only provides CIDs 1-3 and Vodafone's is 4 (at least on my account - you may need to ring Voda support and ask them what CID ['context ID'] to use for GPRS). You can use TextEdit to do this - make a copy of the script you want to edit, and drag it onto the TextEdit icon (in /Applications/Utilities by default).
Change any instance of +CGDCONT= so that the number after the = is the CID you have been given by Vodafone. Then find the bit which reads ATD*99*** and change the number after the *** to be the same as your CID too.
Then save your changes and copy the edited script to your /Library/Modem Scripts/ folder.
Launch System Preferences (if it was already running you will need to quit and relaunch it for it to see the new script and select this script in your Bluetooth modem tab in the Network settings. Then go to the PPP tab and make sure you have:
Account name: web
Password: web
Telephone Number: Internet
Also click on the PPP options button and make sure "Send PPP echo packets" is turned off
Then go to the TCP/IP tab and make sureit reads Configure: Using PPP, and that the DNS servers box is blank
Make sure you have saved or applied these settings, then go to Internet Connect (or the menu bar widget), make sure it is using the USB Bluetooth Modem, and dial up - you should connect.
It's a bit weird - sometimes I can't ping hosts, the roundtrip time is so slow. Other times I get pings fluctuating between 800-1800ms. However you can usually check mail and browse ok - the data comes through at an average of 2-3k/s for me which is like a 28-33k modem. Just be prepared to wait a few seconds for each new page request while it waits for a response.
Good luck!
Alex
[ This Message was edited by: alexf on 2003-06-16 15:06 ] |
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Posted: 2002-08-13 01:36
