So close, so far away

I'd love to use the phone as a modem when I travel.

I have the cable.

I set up a DUN whatsit to dial #777 and log in.

And all I get is "there is no dial tone"

Samsung A500, Toshiba laptop, Windows ME

Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks

Chris

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Chris Pisarra wrote:
> *I'd love to use the phone as a modem when I travel.
>
> I have the cable.
>
> I set up a DUN whatsit to dial #777 and log in.
>
> And all I get is "there is no dial tone"
>
> Samsung A500, Toshiba laptop, Windows ME
>
> Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris *

Try the driver at www.futuredial.com

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The dialer in Dial Up Networking is designed to use a landline phone and
modem. I use the Sprint PCS connection Manager version 2. It's designed to
be used with the PCS phones.

Kevin

"Chris Pisarra" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:Rb5eb.632253$YN5.458860@sccrnsc01...
>
> I'd love to use the phone as a modem when I travel.
>
> I have the cable.
>
> I set up a DUN whatsit to dial #777 and log in.
>
> And all I get is "there is no dial tone"
>
> Samsung A500, Toshiba laptop, Windows ME
>
> Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
>
>

That's what Sprint wants you to think. It's not true at all. Dial-Up
Networking with the FutureDial driver will perform much better than the
PCS Connection Manager. Trust me on this one.

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Kevin N. wrote:
> *The dialer in Dial Up Networking is designed to use a landline phone
> and
> modem. I use the Sprint PCS connection Manager version 2. It's
> designed to
> be used with the PCS phones.
>
> Kevin
>
> "Chris Pisarra" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:Rb5eb.632253$YN5.458860@sccrnsc01...
> >
> > I'd love to use the phone as a modem when I travel.
> >
> > I have the cable.
> >
> > I set up a DUN whatsit to dial #777 and log in.
> >
> > And all I get is "there is no dial tone"
> >
> > Samsung A500, Toshiba laptop, Windows ME
> >
> > Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > *

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Chris Pisarra wrote:

>
> I'd love to use the phone as a modem when I travel.
>
> I have the cable.
>
> I set up a DUN whatsit to dial #777 and log in.
>
> And all I get is "there is no dial tone"
>
> Samsung A500, Toshiba laptop, Windows ME
>
> Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris


Yes, what you're doing wrong is treating it like a modem. PCS is actually
always on, you only dial 777 (PPP on the keypad) to plug in as it would be
and then log in. Dialing 777 is like plugging in a com cable but in a
virtual sense as these two ports really exist on the PCS backbone and show
up on your pc as two serial ports, usually com3 and com4. Com 3 is what you
want to use to dial into, com 4 is for status only and will display signal
strength if using the software and whether connected or not, and dormant
status. In Windows, you need to install the software to provide the so
called drivers (Probably not really drivers, just a bridge to tell Windows
it exists) and then you can manually make a connection that you can
configure and use firewall software with. Using the Sprint software to
connect with as well, will undo any firewalls you have set up on next boot.
Since it appears as a serial communication device, Mac and Linux users do
not need drivers, just to set up a script and set the serial port to the
right baud.


Dave

To make this work, all you need is three things:
1) a $20 data cable from Radio Shack
2) USB driver from www.futuredial.com (no need to buy their software)
3) DUN connectoid on your laptop that will dial #777

I just set this up on my Samsung A620 (VGA1000) and it connects at 230kbs.

--
John Richards


Chris Pisarra wrote:
> I'd love to use the phone as a modem when I travel.
>
> I have the cable.
>
> I set up a DUN whatsit to dial #777 and log in.
>
> And all I get is "there is no dial tone"
>
> Samsung A500, Toshiba laptop, Windows ME
>
> Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris

You can also check the connection with hyperterminal (assuming
windows) by guessing the com port - it should be com3 or com4 or
similar. Then, in hyperterminal, you should see echos of what you
type. Then, type in ATDT #777 <enter> and you should see the PPP
dialup protocol trying to talk to you.

"John Richards" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> To make this work, all you need is three things:
> 1) a $20 data cable from Radio Shack
> 2) USB driver from www.futuredial.com (no need to buy their software)
> 3) DUN connectoid on your laptop that will dial #777
>
> I just set this up on my Samsung A620 (VGA1000) and it connects at 230kbs.
>
> --
> John Richards
>
>
> Chris Pisarra wrote:
> > I'd love to use the phone as a modem when I travel.
> >
> > I have the cable.
> >
> > I set up a DUN whatsit to dial #777 and log in.
> >
> > And all I get is "there is no dial tone"
> >
> > Samsung A500, Toshiba laptop, Windows ME
> >
> > Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Chris

My problem is exactly opposite - no problem to get the USB-CDMA modem
part working - this is the portion using the RED connector on the
snapdial cable.

BUT... using the GREEN portion of the cable, I tried snapsync with no
luck.

So I fired up PORTMON (www.sysinternals.com) and noticed that snapsync
tries to send the "AT" command to all serial ports at various baud
rates. Only problem is, my A500 never answers back!

If you have snapsync working on your A500, let us know what the secret
is.



"Chris Pisarra" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<Rb5eb.632253$YN5.458860@sccrnsc01>...
> I'd love to use the phone as a modem when I travel.
>
> I have the cable.
>
> I set up a DUN whatsit to dial #777 and log in.
>
> And all I get is "there is no dial tone"
>
> Samsung A500, Toshiba laptop, Windows ME
>
> Anybody know what I'm doing wrong?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris