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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / November 2003IR/USB device with 6340i?
Hi there, I've got a Gateway laptop running Windows XP HE, and I'm trying to use an infrared USB adapter with my Nokia 6340i, as a wireless modem rig...and I've got the Data Connect Kit that Cingular said I needed to have to make it work, and I'm able to "connect" to Wireless Internet with it; no surfing, though- not even any access to 'My Wirless Window" that way...just some bar graphs indicating that there is in fact data-transfer going on- to what end I don't know...and AOL is a dead-end street as well- the sign-on screen either gets stuck at the 'initializing modem' step of the sign-on process, or it tells me 'AOL has reported that there is no dial tone'...and I've got the modem option as 'Standard Modem over IR Link', and I've selected the right COM port- do I need another adapter? The manual from this one says nothing about use with a modem, only as data-transfer between two computers...HELP, please! Thanks very much, Aaron Worley Aaron Worley Whoa, I'm replying to my own posting! Thought of another question: if I'm using my phone as a modem with my laptop, can I only look at the WAP format? Also, read about this charging for WIExpress..$6.99 per meg: is this true? Muchas gracias... Aaron Worley > Whoa, I'm replying to my own posting! Thought of another question: if I'm using > my phone as a modem with my laptop, can I only look at the WAP format? > Also, read about this charging for WIExpress..$6.99 per meg: is this true? > Muchas gracias... > Aaron Worley Aaron, You are NOT limited to WAP formats from the laptop--or the phone either for that matter. Looking at http://www.cingular.com/beyond_voice/wi_pricing, Express is sold in several "amount included" packages. The $6.99 one includes 1MB and then $0.0097 per KB repeat KB above that. Their estimated usage chart apparently is for WAP sites and access via the phone screen--PC usage may be MUCH higher than that. Anyone know an average size for a non-wap page? Say 20KB? So 19 cents/page. That could run up pretty fast using a pc. The unlimited package is $74.99 although for that price there are faster solutions. Think I'll stick to WI without Express for now. Now if the 6340i did GPRS I might be tempted. I still think your connection problem is AOL dialer related. You may need to try another ISP and normal browser and connect via the network connection function--maybe one of the almost free ISPs like myfreei.com?  SignatureJud Dallas TX USA > I still think your connection problem is AOL dialer related. You may > need to try another ISP and normal browser and connect via the network > connection function--maybe one of the almost free ISPs like myfreei.com? I use Walmart's ISP when on the road...they have POP's darn near everywhere they have a store. $10 for 700 hours. Great when your roaming. I using the 6340i to access through the Nokia cord, since my laptop has no IR port. I've noticed that on XP, I come up with a "terminal" green screen at each login, asking for my password and login. I just hit done, there instead of trying to input the information, and it connects normally. I tend to agree with the other poster who is suspecting an AOL problem. As I recall, there are extra instructions in the NOKIA manual when dialing up AOL. I don't know if this applies using the "Standard Modem" option or not, as I also have found the Nokia drivers to be useless. Try a real ISP -- perhaps using a friend's dial up number. If it works, dump AOL, and get something simpler. Regarding the cost -- there are two digital plans -- the one that I have offers WAP or digital access via modem and my ISP. It is normally $3.99 per month, although we receive it free due to a sign up during a special a year or so ago. Good luck. Phil > Hi there, I've got a Gateway laptop running Windows XP HE, and I'm trying > to use an infrared USB adapter with my Nokia 6340i, as a wireless modem [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > computers...HELP, please! Thanks very much, Aaron Worley > Aaron Worley > Regarding the cost -- there are two digital plans -- the one that I have > offers WAP or digital access via modem and my ISP. It is normally $3.99 per > month, although we receive it free due to a sign up during a special a year > or so ago. Excuse me for asking a dumb question; you can't just connect the phone to your computer and make a regular call; you have to have a digital plan??! Can you assume I am totally ignorant and explain it to me, or point me to a site that explains it? Thanks. > > Regarding the cost -- there are two digital plans -- the one that I have > > offers WAP or digital access via modem and my ISP. It is normally $3.99 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Can you assume I am totally ignorant and explain it to me, or point me to a > site that explains it? Thanks. Easy one: that phone you have with a modem in it- really doesn't have a "modem" in it, at least not in the traditional sense. It has software that allows it to trade data with a cellular carrier- not another computer. When you make a data call on your phone to your ISP, the carrier actually uses one of their own modems (connected for this purpose) to dial the number you requested and they act as a "go between" between your phone and the modem you called. Becasue this take the cellular company's equipment (a rack of computers and modems expressly for the purpose of allowing their customers to make data calls) they control the access to it. Some carriers charge for it, some don't, and some, like AT&T don't offer it! (AT&T does offer data via GPRS, like Cingular's faster "Wireless Internet Express", but that's charged by the amount of data sent, not airtime minutes, and you can't call a specific ISP. GPRS is sort of like a broadband connection, only MUCH slower!) Hey, I finally connected with the 'Data Connect Kit' Cingular told me I had to have in order to transfer data...however, in my struggles, I figured out (with Jud's help) how to connect with the 'Network Connections' area of my start menu...but neither of them will dial AOL; just used Internet Explorer in 'Programs' after I was connected using Cingular dialup number...will check the Nokia guide for instructions...and have made sure and gotten Wireless Internet (NOT Express) for my data exchange... Aaron Worley |
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