please help. a dire emergency.

[theorist]

please help kind sirs. I am at a hotel in atlantic city and they have cable modems in the rooms but no wifi. I need to connect to the internet very badly with my laptop but I do not have an ethernet cord. I only have my laptop which has bluetooth and my 8125. is there any way to use my phone's connectivity to get on the internet? I have a usb cable as well. concierge does not have a ethernet cable downstairs.

[Starcruiser1229]

yes, it is possible. USB is easier than bluetooth. Simply connect the computer and phone via usb and run the program "Modem Link" on the phone ( I am assuming you have this, it came standard on my phone, if you don't still have it let me know and I can tell you how to do bluetooth) Once the program is active, enter the server you connect to for GPRS (on t-mobile, I use internet2.voicestream.com), click activate, and you should hopefully be online... Let me know if it works or you need more help!

[theorist]

hi and thank u so much for the reply. I did as u said but when I connect and activate the modem link... it asks for a serial modem driver on my laptop. please help.

[theorist]

can u please tell me how to do it via bluetooth. thank you.

[Starcruiser1229]

To do it via bluetooth you need to pair the phone with the laptop. you then need to use the dialup networking (DUN) service. This sets the phone up as a modem. you should get a dialogue on the computer that asks for the phone number to enter. Use *99# to access the internet via the phones GPRS. Sorry that this is rather vague, but I have only done this onece and it was a while ago. I believe that using the USB, if you simply keep hitting next windows will install it as a default generic serial modem, the driver for which should be included with windows, and this should work fine. If you have any more questions please let me know, I hope this helps...

[theorist]

holy smokes it worked!!! thank u so much. though the connection is slow... it works for sure with bluetooth. thank u again truly!