[PLUG] Cell phone as modem with notebook

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Mon May 19 09:27:01 UTC 2003


On Mon, 19 May 2003, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:

> OK, I'm first at this message today so I'll ask all the lame questions.

  Thanks, Rod. My flying fingers sent this out without a subject. That's
been corrected here.
 
> Have you tried this will a normal land-line modem to make sure you really 
> can log into your ISPs system.

  Yup. I used to use the pcmcia modem to dial in via a landline. However,
that costs money while using my cell phone within the 12 western states is
all part of the monthly rate.

> What is the OS on the laptop?  Just in case you've got an old one.

  Slackware-9.0; used to be Red Hat 6.2.
 
> Typical problems I've seen:
> 	1) You don't really have a shell account/logon.

  N/A.

> 	2) Forgot the @isp.com at the end of your logon if your ISP offers 
> 	   national dialup.

  N/A. See answer to #0 above.

> 	3) You got WINS resolution enabled if you're stuck using a certain 
> 	   'other' popular OS.

  The only OS popular here for the past half-dozen years is linux.
 
> One last thought is if there is a special command to get a shell logon 
> process instead of using a PAP/CHAP to get PPP.

  I'm using the same scripts I used with the pcmcia modem.

  I suspect the problem is with the 'network' setup on the Kyocera. Neither
they nor Verizon Wireless have a clue about linux (at least, not
officially). 

Rich

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