09-28-2006, 07:56 AM
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TIP: PPC Phone Edition devices as modems - is it indeed as complicated as some state?
I�m constantly receiving questions about some statements like the following:
�particularly "Internet connection sharing" will mean that if you have notebook with Bluetooth then you can use networking Bluetooth profile and easily access Internet through your Windows Mobile, without worrying about dialing-up the Internet connection on the side of your notebook!� (see this)
�In a nutshell, all you have got to do is establish connection to the access point without any additional settings being required (for example Access Point defining, which was inevitable on connection via Bluetooth DUN profile).� (see this)
�We are done with the PDA for the time being but need to do some more setting on the desktop PC. A Bluetooth driver from Toshiba offers comfortable and quick configuration of the newly connected modem. Click on Advanced Modem Settings and enter the following string in the only possible field: AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","APN", where the "APN" should be replaced with APN details of your provider. The last step involves filling in a form where you enter a name for the connection being created in the first field and specify a dial-up string in the second field and leave the rest blank. You can designate this connection as the default one or keep the current default connection unchanged.� (see this)
Let�s get this straight: configuring the access of the Dial-Up Networking (DUN) profile on a client device (like a notebook) does NOT necessitate anything like desktop-side Access Point Name (APN) defining � all you have to do is entering *99# as the number to dial. You DO NOT need to enter any APN info / extra modem init string anywhere on your notebook (or any other device that would like to connect to the Internet via your PPC PE device).
That is, all you need to do � as has been pointed out in my tutorial Use your Pocket PC Phone Edition as a modem for your other Pocket PC's! - a full tutorial � is defining the APN on your Pocket PC (where it most likely will already be defined � after all, you may want to access the Net straight on your PDA too, not only on connected devices) by simply creating a DUN Connection there (as is explained in my above-linked article). Actually, you can�t avoid this with the new Internet Sharing application of WM5 AKU3 either (see the first two linked articles above) � the latter requires that you define a working Internet connection (which does involve creating a local account) in order to be able to access the Net (and also share its connection when required).
Again, on the clients, if you use a PPC PE device as a modem, you do NOT need to define the extra dial-in string � only the pseudo dial-in number, that is, *99#.
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