Connect RAS server using cellular line

[huiraym]

:o Happy new year to all :o
I got my xda ii couple days ago and trying to set up the internet on it. I don't have a GPRS data plan because it's quite costly here in Canada ($20 for 3mb). I have a RAS server at home using ADSL which capable of connecting any desktop or laptop to internet using phone line dialup. However, when i try to setup the connection for my xda ii, it received the following message:

Cannot Connect
Dialed: +9059999999
---------------------------------------------------
No modem at above number. To check your
connection settings and change them if
needed, tap settings.
Settings Dismiss

My Settings:
Start\Settings\Connections\Connections\My ISP\Test1
Select a modem: cellular line
Phone number: +9059999999 (9999999 assume it's my home phone)
User name: test1
Password: xxxxx

Again, when i use a laptop to dial in from a remote location, it works. So the RAS server works fine.

I don't hear any sounds from the xda nor my home phone rings. Not sure if i need a driver for it. I m in Canada using Rogers AT&T.

Thanks
Ray

[hikster]

I'm also a recent XDA II user and am experienceing the same problem with my ISP in Austrlia. As I understood the doco, we should be able to dial into an ISP just like on a PC with land line. I hope this can work.
Hikster

[jcabuslay]

In the XDA I, it has Dialing Pattern setting. Default at (+EFG), where E=country code, F=area code, G=tel number). If the number u put in the Telephone Number field includes Country, then modify Dialing Patter to (G) only.

Joe
Philippines

[danielalvers]

On the Australian Telstra network, to use straight GSM dail through you should set the CSD Line Type to 9600 V.32. It ain't fast be it is cheaper than the standard 2c per K on GPRS.

[crazypele]

http://www.expansys.com/forumthread.asp?code=106055&thread=48&man=O2

[mdbusa_2000]

I was having the same problem you were having. I configured and got the GPRS and mms working and now all of the sudden the dial into ras using cellular gsm works ? Go figure

[telegurus]

In the XDA I, it has Dialing Pattern setting. Default at (+EFG), where E=country code, F=area code, G=tel number). If the number u put in the Telephone Number field includes Country, then modify Dialing Patter to (G) only.

Let me furnish the detailed setting, assuming T-Mobile USA (adjust it accordingly if your service provider is a different one.)

Start | Settings | Connections tabb | Connections

... to The Internet ... [New ...]

General tab: [CSD Dial-up ISP Conn]

Modem tab: New ...
Name: [ISP Modem Conn]
Modem: [Cellular Line]
Baud rate: [19200] (you can leave this default alone but 9600 is high enough)
Leave Advanced ... settings alone
Country code: [1]
Area code: [425] (my default, leave it alone)
Phone Number: [4257861000]
Finish

Leave Proxy Settings alone

For free ISP's, see FAQ
http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/portal.php?device=ppcpe

Back at the Connections page:

Dialing Locations tab:
Locations: [Home]

Click on Dialing Patterns ...

Put [G][G][G] as instructed by jcabuslay above. This step is critically important and where I was stuck. T-Moble tier 2 tech guy got me over the hump (first 2 tier 2's didn't really know how; it took 3 tier 2's to get it right!). Note T-Mobile US uses plain 10 digit dialing plan for US domestic long distance (optionally preceded with a 1 works too) and G fits that.

Click on Connect to connect. Or start to browse the internet and the connection is made on demand.

The first time connecting, you are promted for username and password, which are saved (but you can't get to it to see or change them; you can only delete the whole setting and recreate it in case you needed to change username or password).

I create a Work CSD setting for dialing up to work modem pool similarly. I use
http://www.mochasoft.dk/f_download2.html
for access to my UNIX account at work over the Work CSD setting.

Chances are that the LAN you dial up to at work is connected to Internet so you can avoid the hastle of finding a free ISP.

CSD connection comes handy since by and large, when you are not at work is when you need to make the connection, i.e. nights and weekends, when T-Mobile US is free - you get free data / Internet connection.

When the issue of making XDA your Internet gateway is resolved, this CSD connection would allow your laptop to have Internet on the go, see thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=6378
If you can get your XDA to behave as a wireless modem, you can create similar CDS settings on your laptop.

Have fun!

[nutitija]

i'm trying to make an ATD call to conenct to a remote unit in order to make a CSD connection. However i get a NOCARRIER error. I called the network poeple and they tell me i need to select GPRS or CSD before doing an ATD.

Would someone agree with that ?? How would i do so ? (guessing its an AT command)

[zaxxon]

I am using a Treo 750v and when I try to setup a CSD dial-up connection I can't find the settings for: "Baud rate: [19200] (you can leave this default alone but 9600 is high enough)" anywhere.

I can select Modem: "Cellular Line" but no other sub-settings. Any idea?

Thanks!