Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:00:57 -0700 From: Eric Kozowski <eric@haydenisland.verio.net> To: Dann Lunsford <dann@greycat.com> Cc: mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Advice re: cellular (?) and laptops Message-ID: <20000504120056.C29633@schooner.svjava.com> In-Reply-To: <20000504055751.A63297@greycat.com>; from dann@greycat.com on Thu, May 04, 2000 at 05:57:51AM -0700 References: <20000504055751.A63297@greycat.com>
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On Thu, May 04, 2000 at 05:57:51AM -0700, Dann Lunsford wrote: > I need some advice, I've a Toshiba Satellite I use all over the place. > I've a Viking 56K modem and a DE-660 ethercard stuck in the PCMCIA slots, > and no complaints about either. However, sometimes I'm stuck in places > where I have neither a phone jack nor an ethernet jack handy, yet must > have dialup access back to my work network. I'm getting very confused > by what I'm being told by cellular/PCS/whatever vendors, Ideally, I'd > like to just plug in my modem to a cell phone (of whatever type) and use > it just like any other phone. I'm being told this is not possible. > Well, what is possible, and what would I have to buy to achieve it? > Assume I'm running 4.0-STABLE, > get a 3com celleular modem and the appropriate cable for your phone. i used a 3com 3ccm556 and the 3com cable 3cnoka6 for my nokia 6100. cable goes direct from the pcmcia modem to my cell phone. don't expect to get fast speeds. 7200 is pushing it. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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