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M.L. - 26 Oct 2005 16:54 GMT

Hello. I have my LG C2000 GPRS phone tethered via MediaNet to my WinXP
laptop. Whenever I try logging in using my dialup networking icon or
the Cingular Connection Manager, I get to the authentication portion
that says: "Verifying Username and Password" but it times out from
there indicating that the "remote computer did not respond in a timely
manner."

It may also be worth noting that when I select the "Query Modem" in
the modem's Properties screen, it takes about 6 minutes for the
"success" to show up. Perhaps I need to increase my modem's timeout?
If so, how? Any clues on resolving these issues will be greatly
appreciated. Thanks in advance.

APN: wap.cingular
username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
pwd: CINGULAR1
ISP telephone: *99#
IP: 66.209.11.xx
DNS: left blank

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John Navas - 26 Oct 2005 17:57 GMT

Query Modem should only take a few seconds; e.g., less than 10 seconds in the
case of my Motorola V551 over Bluetooth. You need to fix this problem.

>Hello. I have my LG C2000 GPRS phone tethered via MediaNet to my WinXP
>laptop. Whenever I try logging in using my dialup networking icon or
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>IP: 66.209.11.xx
>DNS: left blank

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T,m - 26 Oct 2005 17:59 GMT

I had similar problems with my LG C1300 tethered. Would either get the
"remote computer did not respond in a timely
manner", or, "TCP/IP error". Tried using Windows dialer, LG connection
manager, and Cingular Connection manager.
Bought a GC82 card on ebay and it works fine. I don't know if it is
something in the LG interface, or, just something I was doing
incorrectly.
tm

> Hello. I have my LG C2000 GPRS phone tethered via MediaNet to my WinXP
> laptop. Whenever I try logging in using my dialup networking icon or
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> IP: 66.209.11.xx
> DNS: left blank

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M.L. - 16 Nov 2005 16:11 GMT

>> Hello. I have my LG C2000 GPRS phone tethered via MediaNet to my WinXP
>> laptop. Whenever I try logging in using my dialup networking icon or
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>something in the LG interface, or, just something I was doing
>incorrectly.

Thanks, that's exactly what I did. I paid about $33. for a used Sony
Ericsson GC82 and was able to get access using that card. However, it
is painfully slow (averages <15 kbps) and intermittent, even with the
optional antenna I bought for it. Still, I'd like to get the data
cable working because it's so inconvenient having to swap out my SIM
card each time I want to get access with the PC Card. I wish I knew of
a place that cloned SIMs.

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T,m - 16 Nov 2005 17:23 GMT

Gee!, I get much faster than that. Are you using the Sony connection
manager?
I agree, that the tether would be preferable to swapping SIM's. I'm sure
you will find
someone who can clone a SIM. I always been afraid that they would make
multiple copies.
Should you ever solve this bug, please post the fix. I suspect, on my C1300
that it does not like the
USB Serial swap.

>>> Hello. I have my LG C2000 GPRS phone tethered via MediaNet to my WinXP
>>> laptop. Whenever I try logging in using my dialup networking icon or
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> card each time I want to get access with the PC Card. I wish I knew of
> a place that cloned SIMs.

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M.L. - 17 Nov 2005 16:51 GMT

>>>> Hello. I have my LG C2000 GPRS phone tethered via MediaNet to my WinXP
>>>> laptop. Whenever I try logging in using my dialup networking icon or
[quoted text clipped - 31 lines]
>> card each time I want to get access with the PC Card. I wish I knew of
>> a place that cloned SIMs.

>Gee!, I get much faster than that. Are you using the Sony connection
>manager?
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>that it does not like the
>USB Serial swap.

I speed ranges from 0 to 56 kbps, must mostly on the lower end. I get
the same results whether using the Cingular Connection Manager or the
Sony Connection Manager. Perhaps I'm just located in a low signal area
of the city (many brick homes and apartments surround me).

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John Navas - 17 Nov 2005 16:55 GMT

>>> Thanks, that's exactly what I did. I paid about $33. for a used Sony
>>> Ericsson GC82 and was able to get access using that card. However, it
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>Sony Connection Manager. Perhaps I'm just located in a low signal area
>of the city (many brick homes and apartments surround me).

Sounds like you are only getting GPRS connections, not EGPRS(EDGE)
connections.

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dold@XReXXCanXt.usenet.us.com - 17 Nov 2005 17:10 GMT

> Sounds like you are only getting GPRS connections, not EGPRS(EDGE)
> connections.

Do you know how to verify which connection you've made?
The modem logs from Mobile Phone Tools show "GPRS attached: YES", even when
I know from the icon on the phone, and the connection speed, that I have
EDGE. Is there an indication of how many slots you have? I see changes in
speed that seem to be very large, 19.2K steps seems plausible.

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John Navas - 17 Nov 2005 17:21 GMT

>> Sounds like you are only getting GPRS connections, not EGPRS(EDGE)
>> connections.
>
>Do you know how to verify which connection you've made?

Depends on the device, and many devices don't distinguish/report.

>The modem logs from Mobile Phone Tools show "GPRS attached: YES", even when
>I know from the icon on the phone, and the connection speed, that I have
>EDGE.

That's typical.

>Is there an indication of how many slots you have? I see changes in
>speed that seem to be very large, 19.2K steps seems plausible.

I don't know of any devices that report the current number of time slots.

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M.L. - 18 Nov 2005 21:46 GMT

>> Sounds like you are only getting GPRS connections, not EGPRS(EDGE)
>> connections.
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>EDGE. Is there an indication of how many slots you have? I see changes in
>speed that seem to be very large, 19.2K steps seems plausible.

I assumed I was always getting EDGE connections since I am using the
Sony Ericsson GC82 EDGE PC card (along with my SIM) to connect to the
Internet.

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dold@XReXXCanXt.usenet.us.com - 18 Nov 2005 22:01 GMT

> I assumed I was always getting EDGE connections since I am using the
> Sony Ericsson GC82 EDGE PC card (along with my SIM) to connect to the
> Internet.

At my house, there is no EDGE signal, only GPRS. If it weren't for the
icon on the telephone, I wouldn't know that.

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John Navas - 18 Nov 2005 22:02 GMT

>>> Sounds like you are only getting GPRS connections, not EGPRS(EDGE)
>>> connections.
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>Sony Ericsson GC82 EDGE PC card (along with my SIM) to connect to the
>Internet.

Like all other EGPRS/EDGE devices, the GC82 silently falls back to standard
GPRS when EGPRS(EDGE) isn't available.

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dold@XReXXCanXt.usenet.us.com - 17 Nov 2005 17:05 GMT

> I speed ranges from 0 to 56 kbps, must mostly on the lower end. I get
> the same results whether using the Cingular Connection Manager or the
> Sony Connection Manager. Perhaps I'm just located in a low signal area
> of the city (many brick homes and apartments surround me).

I see speeds of around 30KbpS in a poor reception area that is GPRS-only,
no EDGE. The best I've seen is 97KbpS, with EDGE and good signal.
My Motorola v551 shows a different icon when EDGE is available.

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John Navas - 17 Nov 2005 17:26 GMT

>> I speed ranges from 0 to 56 kbps, must mostly on the lower end. I get
>> the same results whether using the Cingular Connection Manager or the
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>I see speeds of around 30KbpS in a poor reception area that is GPRS-only,
>no EDGE. The best I've seen is 97KbpS, with EDGE and good signal.

That's about the best you'll get with an EGPRS(EDGE) Class 4 device like the
V551.

Higher download speed is possible with Classes 8, 10, 11, and 12, about 150
Kbps with good device and signal.

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