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Business Travel 911 January 2007 • Vol.5 Issue 1 Page(s) 72-73 in print issue |
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Use Your Nokia Phone As A Modem |
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 IF YOU FIND YOURSELF WITHOUT an Internet connection on the road, your Nokia phone and Internet service plan may be able to connect your notebook to the Internet. To accomplish this, you must be within a cellular service coverage area and your phone must support the latest version of PC Suite and have IR (infrared), Bluetooth, or USB support. To check for phone compatibility, visit www.nokiausa.com/pcsuite; there you can also download the latest PC Suite version. If your phone doesn’t support the necessary version of PC Suite, you may still be able to connect. To accomplish this, your Nokia must support Bluetooth with the DUN (dial-up networking) profile. Your notebook must also be Bluetooth-enabled. (If your notebook does not have Bluetooth, you can purchase a USB adapter for about $40.) In either case, connection speed will be limited by data plan availability and connection type. (USB is the fastest.) Nevertheless, if you need to check email and you’re stranded far from a traditional Internet connection, your Nokia can be your lifeline to the world. The instructions in this article are for Windows XP, but Windows 2000 instructions are similar enough that you should not have problems. These instructions assume you will click Next, OK, Yes, and any similar prompts that continue the processes. by Jennifer Farwell  1. Home Work It’s a good idea to perform all the following tasks before you leave home, therefore ensuring you can connect. Before you begin, familiarize yourself with your notebook’s Bluetooth or IR capabilities or install third-party adapters if needed. If your notebook is more than a year old, check the Windows Update Catalog for updated drivers. (Go to Microsoft Support at support.microsoft.com/?kbid=323166 for assistance with this process.) 2. Set Up PC Suite To set up a modem connection using Nokia’s PC Suite, gather your phone (and USB cable, if applicable) and install the PC Suite application on your notebook. Do not connect your phone or cables until PC Suite tells you to do so. After you install the software, the Get Connected wizard will launch to help you set up your connection. (If it doesn’t, click the Get Connected button at the bottom of the PC Suite control panel.) The wizard is very intuitive and will lead you through the process of connecting your phone and installing available modems. You can set up all three connection types (one at a time) using this wizard. If you want to use primarily Bluetooth to access the Internet, setup this connection first. If you run into problems with this process or the next, skip to Keep Trouble At Bay. 3. Connect Using PC Suite With PC Suite installed and your desired connection selected, click Connect To The Internet in the PC Suite control panel. The program (One Touch Access) will search for your Internet connection and connect to the Internet (allow 10-15 seconds). If it does not, click Settings to choose your service provider and, if necessary, select the modem you want to use. 4. Set Up The Bluetooth Connection To accomplish this task, your phone and notebook must be paired (linked). If you have used Bluetooth to sync your phone with your PC, the two should be paired; skip to Create A Network Connection. 5. Set Up Bluetooth On Your Phone Turn on your phone and look for a Bluetooth icon or option on the main menu. The icon may also be located inside a folder called Connections, Connectivity, Connect, or something similar. Make sure Bluetooth is turned on and that your phone is set to Visible, Discoverable, Shown To All, or similar. If your phone asks you to name the Bluetooth connection, do so. Exit the Bluetooth settings option but leave the phone on. (For security purposes, after you complete the next section you should return to your phone and change the Bluetooth setting to Hidden or similar, but leave Bluetooth on. Your phone and PC will still be able to find each other.) 6. Set Up The Notebook & Phone To Connect To manually configure your notebook computer to use Bluetooth, right-click the Bluetooth icon in your notebook’s System Tray and select Open Bluetooth Settings. When the Bluetooth Devices display opens, click the Devices tab and click Add. In the Add Bluetooth Device Wizard, click the checkbox in front of My Device Is Set Up And Ready To Be Found. WinXP will display the phone’s icon and name; click the icon to select it. WinXP will ask for a passkey. Create a passkey of your choice or let WinXP generate one. Pick up your phone. It will display a connection request and instruct you to enter the passkey; you have three minutes to do this. In the unlikely event that the phone does not respond, or if WinXP displays a message saying it cannot connect or that it has rejected the passkey, check the documentation that came with your phone to determine whether you already have a preset passkey. Your phone may prompt you to choose an identifying name for the PC. If it does, you can choose any name. (The notebook’s network name is good.) Your phone should provide a confirmation that the PC is connected. Locate a Paired Devices or Devices option or tab on your phone; you should see the PC listed. The Bluetooth Devices window on your PC will list your phone. With your phone selected in the PC’s Bluetooth Devices window, select Properties. When the properties dialog box opens, click the Services tab. If your mobile device supports DUN, you will see it listed. Select the DUN checkbox and click OK at each screen until you exit Bluetooth Devices.
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