Cell Phone Modem

Cell Phone Modem

[Steve Holmes]

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I thought I'd mess around with connecting my laptop up to a cell phone
to enable it onto the internet from time to time.  I know, the
connections are slow and all that but thought it a neet way to drag
the internet on the road with me.  The question here is, How do I go
about making Linux recognize my phone? I have an LG VX4500 model with
a USB cable with their mobile office kit; now that kit is obviously
rigged for windows but understand connectivity to linux is quite
possible and I recall Gene Collins doing this with his phone.

So I'm wondering if and what modules I might need tohook up the phone
probably to a USB connection.  Also, my machine doesn't have USB ports
but I am looking for a PCMCIA USB adaptor I could hopefully use.

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Re: Cell Phone Modem

[Gregory Nowak]

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This is a very rough guess, but maybe you want to look at enabling the
usb modem option in the kernel. 

Greg


On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 02:59:17PM -0700, Steve Holmes wrote:
> I thought I'd mess around with connecting my laptop up to a cell phone
> to enable it onto the internet from time to time.  I know, the
> connections are slow and all that but thought it a neet way to drag
> the internet on the road with me.  The question here is, How do I go
> about making Linux recognize my phone? I have an LG VX4500 model with
> a USB cable with their mobile office kit; now that kit is obviously
> rigged for windows but understand connectivity to linux is quite
> possible and I recall Gene Collins doing this with his phone.
> 
> So I'm wondering if and what modules I might need tohook up the phone
> probably to a USB connection.  Also, my machine doesn't have USB ports
> but I am looking for a PCMCIA USB adaptor I could hopefully use.
> 
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> The best solutions for the best price!
> http://ld.net/?holmesgrown
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Re: Cell Phone Modem

[Richard Villa]

Treat the phone like a Haze compatible modem.

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From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@holmesgrown.com>
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Subject: Cell Phone Modem


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> I thought I'd mess around with connecting my laptop up to a cell phone
> to enable it onto the internet from time to time.  I know, the
> connections are slow and all that but thought it a neet way to drag
> the internet on the road with me.  The question here is, How do I go
> about making Linux recognize my phone? I have an LG VX4500 model with
> a USB cable with their mobile office kit; now that kit is obviously
> rigged for windows but understand connectivity to linux is quite
> possible and I recall Gene Collins doing this with his phone.
>
> So I'm wondering if and what modules I might need tohook up the phone
> probably to a USB connection.  Also, my machine doesn't have USB ports
> but I am looking for a PCMCIA USB adaptor I could hopefully use.
>
> - -- 
> HolmesGrown Solutions
> The best solutions for the best price!
> http://ld.net/?holmesgrown
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Re: Cell Phone Modem

[Luke Davis]

One thing you might consider is an unlimited cellular internet access 
account, from T-Mobile, or one of the other companies (I mention T-Mobile, 
because I sell that service, and know that the card they use for the GPRS 
connection, works in Linux).

76K, $29 plus tax per month (from T-Mobile, anyway; Sprint, AT&T, etc., do 
similar things, although they limit your hours, and cost more).

They use the Sieara Wireless Aircard (PCMCIA) for access, and there is a 
Linux PCMCIA data file that works for it.

If you are interested in investigating this route, contact me at:

info(at)tacticus(dot)com

(I don't usually see personal mail at this address)

Luke