Nokia 8890 and Portage (Rogers AT&T)

Please help me. I am trying to connect my phone (Nokia 8890) to my
laptop via IR and get Internet access. I already have Data plan added
to my cell phone plan, but nobody can tell me how to configure the
connection. I have Windows XP. Do I ABSOLUTELLY HAVE to buy Portage
package? I dont need the cable and I understand some data cable is
included in Portage. If somebody can send me their modem strings
and/or explain how to get tis thing going, that would be greatly
appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Bryan

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Bryan,

you need (possibly, I can't remember with XP) the driver for the phone which
you can get from Nokia's website. Switch your IR on, place next to the
lappy, show it the drivers and then just set up a normal Dial-Up Networking
connection using the new modem.

I have an 8850 and a Toshiba Sat Pro 6000 and it works fine!

Dan

"Bryan Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Please help me. I am trying to connect my phone (Nokia 8890) to my
> laptop via IR and get Internet access. I already have Data plan added
> to my cell phone plan, but nobody can tell me how to configure the
> connection. I have Windows XP. Do I ABSOLUTELLY HAVE to buy Portage
> package? I dont need the cable and I understand some data cable is
> included in Portage. If somebody can send me their modem strings
> and/or explain how to get tis thing going, that would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Bryan

Dan, I have all that set up. PC Suite manages the phone, modem shows
up on the list of devices... but now how to configure it for the
internet access?

Thanks,

"-=Dan=- ©" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Bryan,
>
> you need (possibly, I can't remember with XP) the driver for the phone which
> you can get from Nokia's website. Switch your IR on, place next to the
> lappy, show it the drivers and then just set up a normal Dial-Up Networking
> connection using the new modem.
>
> I have an 8850 and a Toshiba Sat Pro 6000 and it works fine!
>
> Dan
>
> "Bryan Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Please help me. I am trying to connect my phone (Nokia 8890) to my
> > laptop via IR and get Internet access. I already have Data plan added
> > to my cell phone plan, but nobody can tell me how to configure the
> > connection. I have Windows XP. Do I ABSOLUTELLY HAVE to buy Portage
> > package? I dont need the cable and I understand some data cable is
> > included in Portage. If somebody can send me their modem strings
> > and/or explain how to get tis thing going, that would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > Bryan

Bryan,

Start/Settings/Network Connections/New Connection Wizard. Then follow the
on-screen doo-dah's!

HTH

Dan


"Bryan Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Dan, I have all that set up. PC Suite manages the phone, modem shows
> up on the list of devices... but now how to configure it for the
> internet access?
>
> Thanks,
>
> "-=Dan=- ©" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Bryan,
> >
> > you need (possibly, I can't remember with XP) the driver for the phone
which
> > you can get from Nokia's website. Switch your IR on, place next to the
> > lappy, show it the drivers and then just set up a normal Dial-Up
Networking
> > connection using the new modem.
> >
> > I have an 8850 and a Toshiba Sat Pro 6000 and it works fine!
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > "Bryan Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > Please help me. I am trying to connect my phone (Nokia 8890) to my
> > > laptop via IR and get Internet access. I already have Data plan added
> > > to my cell phone plan, but nobody can tell me how to configure the
> > > connection. I have Windows XP. Do I ABSOLUTELLY HAVE to buy Portage
> > > package? I dont need the cable and I understand some data cable is
> > > included in Portage. If somebody can send me their modem strings
> > > and/or explain how to get tis thing going, that would be greatly
> > > appreciated.
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance.
> > >
> > > Bryan

Dan I appreciate the help, but this is not getting us anywhere...

There is a string that is Portage unique. Rogers AT&T is my cell phone
provider and wireless Internet provider. At the same time. The only
problem is--I am too cheap to buy Portage kit ($60) since I dont need
the cable that comes with it--I will be using (hopefully) IR to
connect phone (modem) to my laptop.

Now that I hope I clerified, can you help? There is a string that
looks like: at+cretxxx,,"internet.com" and the dialup number is *99#
or so...

Any help? Anybody?

Thanks,

P.S. Dan, I really appreciate the effort.

Bryan

"-=Dan=- ©" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Bryan,
>
> Start/Settings/Network Connections/New Connection Wizard. Then follow the
> on-screen doo-dah's!
>
> HTH
>
> Dan
>
>
> "Bryan Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Dan, I have all that set up. PC Suite manages the phone, modem shows
> > up on the list of devices... but now how to configure it for the
> > internet access?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > "-=Dan=- ©" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
> > > Bryan,
> > >
> > > you need (possibly, I can't remember with XP) the driver for the phone
> which
> > > you can get from Nokia's website. Switch your IR on, place next to the
> > > lappy, show it the drivers and then just set up a normal Dial-Up
> Networking
> > > connection using the new modem.
> > >
> > > I have an 8850 and a Toshiba Sat Pro 6000 and it works fine!
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > "Bryan Hayes" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > > news:[email protected]...
> > > > Please help me. I am trying to connect my phone (Nokia 8890) to my
> > > > laptop via IR and get Internet access. I already have Data plan added
> > > > to my cell phone plan, but nobody can tell me how to configure the
> > > > connection. I have Windows XP. Do I ABSOLUTELLY HAVE to buy Portage
> > > > package? I dont need the cable and I understand some data cable is
> > > > included in Portage. If somebody can send me their modem strings
> > > > and/or explain how to get tis thing going, that would be greatly
> > > > appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Bryan