Brian Watson

Hi.

I am trying to connect my newish laptop (running XP) to the 'net via my
Nokia N95's 02 service.

The phone itself connects to websites fine when unconnected to the PC, but
I'm baffled about what I ought to be doing for the PC to connect using the
phone's modem.

I have them hitched together via the phone's supplied cable to USB port on
the PC and have loaded Nokia's PC suite onto the PC.

Could someone give me a simple staged talk-through of the process, please?

--
Brian

Big Bird

* Brian Watson wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I am trying to connect my newish laptop (running XP) to the 'net via my
> Nokia N95's 02 service.
>
> The phone itself connects to websites fine when unconnected to the PC, but
> I'm baffled about what I ought to be doing for the PC to connect using the
> phone's modem.
>
> I have them hitched together via the phone's supplied cable to USB port on
> the PC and have loaded Nokia's PC suite onto the PC.
>
> Could someone give me a simple staged talk-through of the process, please?
>

When you are in PC suite you need to click "Connect to internet" icon.

This allows you to use your phone as an USB modem.

Mark Hewitt

"Big Bird" <big.bird@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> This allows you to use your phone as an USB modem.

Keep in mind that for many data packages this is a breach of the terms of
service.
I know it is on the basic T-Mobile package, can't comment on the rest.

Big Bird

* Mark Hewitt wrote:
> "Big Bird" <big.bird@aol.com> wrote in message
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>> This allows you to use your phone as an USB modem.
>
> Keep in mind that for many data packages this is a breach of the terms of
> service.
> I know it is on the basic T-Mobile package, can't comment on the rest.

I didn't know that. I don't see how this is any different from just
using the phone to access the internet though :-/

In any case how would they know?

Brian Watson

"Big Bird" <big.bird@aol.com> wrote in message
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>* Brian Watson wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> I am trying to connect my newish laptop (running XP) to the 'net via my
>> Nokia N95's 02 service.
>>
>> The phone itself connects to websites fine when unconnected to the PC,
>> but
>> I'm baffled about what I ought to be doing for the PC to connect using
>> the
>> phone's modem.
>>
>> I have them hitched together via the phone's supplied cable to USB port
>> on
>> the PC and have loaded Nokia's PC suite onto the PC.
>>
>> Could someone give me a simple staged talk-through of the process,
>> please?
>>
>
> When you are in PC suite you need to click "Connect to internet" icon.

Yep, done that thanks.

Once I get One Touch Access up on the PC (in PC Suite) I click Connect and
get the message "Connection will be established via Nokia GSM Phone USB
modem..." then "Connecting Device...."

It runs through a time bar and then, after about a minute (meanwhile, no
signs of activity are visible on the keyboard-unlocked phone) I get "Failed
to connect to the network through the selected device."

Having tried HELP in OTA, my best guess would be that the cable is not
properly installed except the PC shows the phone as visible (and the items
on it are editable) if I go to My Computer on the PC and - before that - the
phone shows up as "N95 connected in PC Suite mode" in the PC's Taskbar if I
switch on the PC with the phone connected by its cable.

Should I have the Home Server module of PC Suite installed? I haven't at the
moment and I've really run out of other ideas unless there is a setting on
the N95 that needs to be changed.

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."

Big Bird

* Brian Watson wrote:
> It runs through a time bar and then, after about a minute (meanwhile, no
> signs of activity are visible on the keyboard-unlocked phone) I get "Failed
> to connect to the network through the selected device."

Erm mine failed until I did "settings" and selected my network operator.
It defaulted to the wrong one. Make sure you select O2 UK.

Brian Watson

"Big Bird" <big.bird@aol.com> wrote in message
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>* Brian Watson wrote:
>> It runs through a time bar and then, after about a minute (meanwhile, no
>> signs of activity are visible on the keyboard-unlocked phone) I get
>> "Failed
>> to connect to the network through the selected device."
>
> Erm mine failed until I did "settings" and selected my network operator.
> It defaulted to the wrong one. Make sure you select O2 UK.

Is this in Access Points, or Packet Data, in Settings>Connection?

Access Points is set at Default to Devicescape, but offers 02 MMS, 02 Mobile
web, plus a couple of WAP and GPRS options each.

If I select 02 Mobile Web (which seems the logical choice), it has reverted
to Devicescape when I go back to it.

Packet Data connection is set to "When available" and Access point has no
setting in place.

When I typed in "02 Mobile Web" as the Access point, it made no apparent
difference.

:-\
--
Brian

Chris Blunt

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:08:36 -0000, "Brian Watson"
<WACCI_inf@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>"Big Bird" <big.bird@aol.com> wrote in message
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>>* Brian Watson wrote:
>>> It runs through a time bar and then, after about a minute (meanwhile, no
>>> signs of activity are visible on the keyboard-unlocked phone) I get
>>> "Failed
>>> to connect to the network through the selected device."
>>
>> Erm mine failed until I did "settings" and selected my network operator.
>> It defaulted to the wrong one. Make sure you select O2 UK.
>
>Is this in Access Points, or Packet Data, in Settings>Connection?

Its in Nokia PC Suite. Click "Connect to the Internet" and there's a
"Settings" button there in the window that pops up.

Chris

Big Bird

As Chris said..

Brian Watson

"Big Bird" <big.bird@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> As Chris said..

Thank you (both!)

I have changed that setting to the 02 option that applies and saved the
setting but the damn thing still runs through a time bar and then, after
about a minute, throws up "Failed to connect to the network through the
selected device." and refuses to connect.

Doh!

--
Brian
"Fight like the Devil, die like a gentleman."