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nokia 6820 as modem

Hi experts,

this may not be the correct section to ask this question. Im trying to setup a laptop to be able to access the internet, whilst on the move. I have a Nokia 6820, that i want to use as a modem, to allow this. I can connect the laptop to the Mobile via bluetooth no problems. Ive also downloaded and installed, both the Nokia PC suite, and the Nokia 6820 modem driver no problems. However whenever i try to connect to the internet via the pc suite software, it opens the port, tries to connect to the device, then throws an error stating that it cant connect to the device. If i try to query the modem (aka the monile phone), through control panel, it throws an error stating that the hardware has failed.

I suspect its a simple misconfiguration of the phone, laptop setup, but not sure what. I cant talk to the tech support guys where we purchasded the phone/ contract from, as im not the account holder, and require his signature (my boss is out of the office doh!)

Oh ive contacted the telephone company (o2), the contract is all setup to allow data transfer. The os on the laptop is w2ksp4

cheers

paul
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Hi mate,

Unfortunatley we dont have a data cable, however i can transfer files from my phone to the laptop no problems

cheers
Paul
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Hi,

The internet ius working fine on the phone, can browse etc vua gprs. I cant see any security setting on the phone, or laptop. Ive tried on a completely different laptop, with a different bluetooth card. Ive also tried using the modem drivers for the model below/ model; above phone... no joy.

The bluetooth connection seems to work fine for transferring files etc, but it seems i simply cannot connect to the phone via bluetooth as a modem :(

any suggestions?

cheers
Paul
Hi,

Ive managed to get it working, had to ditch the nokia suite and setup the connection/ modem manually, ill split the points anyways

cheers
Paul
thanks pab006, glad you got in working