setting up 3 mobile as a bluetooth modem on mac os x

damo86

hi guys,
need help setting up 3 mobile as a bluetooth modem on mac os x,tried my normal way as with nokias but aint working...any ideas,just get no carrier connected error.
is the *99# the dial up number?
im using a k610i on 3pay.

cheers
damo

culabula

damo86 wrote:

hi guys,
need help setting up 3 mobile as a bluetooth modem on mac os x,tried my normal way as with nokias but aint working...any ideas,just get no carrier connected error.
is the *99# the dial up number?
im using a k610i on 3pay.

cheers
damo

Once you get it working, it's a rock-solid stable connection. You need to put 3ireland.ie as the "dial-up number" in the settings. SHould work straight away.

culabula

If that still fails then you need a specific script as well: go here http://www.taniwha.org.uk/ and get the latest scripts for Sony Ericsson. I find that no. five works well.

Solair

I used *99*1#
That selects the default profile on the phone.

That's pretty much all I did.

When the mobile's in range. I get a "Connect to Network on W850i" in the bluetooth menu on the menu bar at the top of the screen.

Once you click that the phone will go "[computer name] want's to use this videophone as a modem" (or something to that effect) and you're asked to allow or deny.

Once you allow, give it about 10 seconds and you should be able to go online.

Bare in mind only HTTP traffic seems to pass through so, basically you can only browse the web

damo86

cheers,culabula and solair,got it working,connect fine etc but doesn't load any pages..havent got age verified yet so that must be it(dont have time to head into town..grrrr!)

tanks again
damo

culabula

Hope that's all it is: I'm using mine on the train to Belfast right now with MacBook and surfing gaily.........

Blaster99

damo86 wrote:

cheers,culabula and solair,got it working,connect fine etc but doesn't load any pages..havent got age verified yet so that must be it(dont have time to head into town..grrrr!)

tanks again
damo

I doubt it's age verification. I have a K610i as well and it connects fine and I can ping anything, but I can't browse anything.

culabula

Aha! Listen -you MUST untick send PPP echo packets under PPP options in 'network' if you want to surf....it will just hang otherwise. Also set 'configure IPV6' to 'automatically'.

damo86

that did the trick,had few strange porblems when i did that but got around it.anyways got that age verification shi*te as usual when i tried to go to boards.ie..ah well!!
not lightning fast as you would expect from 3g..must be because of their stupid widerweb.ie server,why cant unleash us to full isp web like o2 and vodafone..its a start anyway,kick o2/vodafone ass to get a move on!!

thanks again
damo

culabula

It isn't going to be lightning fast from an ordinary phone modem like the SE 610i; you need an LG 830 or Motorola v3xx.

smcelhinney

Just set up with my K800i (3 Ireland) phone over 3G, moving along nicely, thanks guys for pointing me on the right track.

For the benefit of people who want to use 3 as service provider with Sony Ericsson phones, the only combination I got working was

- Download that modem script from http://www.taniwha.org.uk/
- DONT use *99#, apparently the modem script does it for you
- Use 'NONE', no quotes, as the account name.

Works a treat, thanks guys!

Stephen

anthony4335

Can someone please post complete settings for a nokia, and is this using one of there internet packages , if so I was told this would not work with a laptop. can someone confirm this.

culabula

anthony4335 wrote:

Can someone please post complete settings for a nokia, and is this using one of there internet packages , if so I was told this would not work with a laptop. can someone confirm this.

This thread is about Mac Os X -are you referring to that when you say 'laptop'?

anthony4335

What would the difference be, if you can use the mac to surf using 3, should you not be able to use a windows machine to do the same. Main question would be ,can you use there add on's to surf using a pc or a mac. for the mac how do you set up for a nokia phone?

Urban Weigl

Same setup using a Mac and Nokia phone, only difference is you need to grab a Nokia modem script. The one available from http://www.taniwha.org.uk/ works great. Works with 3, O2, Vodafone, Meteor and every other network I've tried including international networks.

culabula

The "Nokia Infrared" script as supplied with Mac OS X is really all you need.

culabula

anthony4335 wrote:

What would the difference be, if you can use the mac to surf using 3, should you not be able to use a windows machine to do the same.

You would think :-)

culabula

anthony4335 wrote:

for the mac how do you set up for a nokia phone?

Easy peasy: using the Bluetooth applet run "set up bluetooth device" and follow the instructions to pair with your Nokia device.

It will choose the 'Nokia Infrared' script for you as well as set the number dial as *99#. When finished, go back into network in 'system preferences', go into PPP options and untick 'send PPP echo packets' which will have been ticked by default. It might also be an idea to set Ipv6 to 'automatically'.

And, erm, thats it. Click 'connect' after that.

anthony4335

Done all this, do you need one of the data add ons for this or will it work with 3's mobile sites. I do not want to buy the add on until I know it works.

culabula

anthony4335 wrote:

Done all this, do you need one of the data add ons for this or will it work with 3's mobile sites. I do not want to buy the add on until I know it works.

You need the data add-on.

Solair

Bluetooth setup on OS X is how it should be VERY EASY!

damo86

update to this:

got age vrified etc,but have consantly problems connecting,i get a "unexpected modem" hangup and sometimes "check settings error" on the mac,sometimes it hangs on authienticating and disconnects..very strange behaviour.
When i do get it to connect at totally random times, it doesnt load the pages BUT it downloads as a .php attachment...what the feck is going on????
Its working fine when browsing on the phone.

damo

culabula

damo86 wrote:

update to this:

got age vrified etc,but have consantly problems connecting,i get a "unexpected modem" hangup and sometimes "check settings error" on the mac,sometimes it hangs on authienticating and disconnects..very strange behaviour.
When i do get it to connect at totally random times, it doesnt load the pages BUT it downloads as a .php attachment...what the feck is going on????
Its working fine when browsing on the phone.

damo

As for the two problems that you're having, i get these all the time. It's nothing to do with 3 but everything to do with shortcomings of mobiles and bluetooth. I find that doing the following can help: turning bluetooth rapidly on and off on the handset and ticking/unticking 'the wait for dial tone' box on the mac.

culabula

Just to recap: make sure you have '3ireland.ie' as your dial-up number (and NOT ANY variant of *99), that the PPP echo packets nonsense is unticked and once again, I recommend the use of script number 5 for SE phones from the site previously mentioned. Using this combination I always have a rock-solid connection from all SE phones, far superior to any Nokia I have used so far.

damo86

cheers,had a go at seems to be stable now.
any ideas on this downloading business?
heres a pic of what it downloads when i try to open boards.ie and culabula,are you on pay monthly or 3pay?
thanks again
damo

culabula

When you download, what exactly do you do?

I have a Mobile Broadband 3000 SIM, therefore pay monthly.

damo86

this is what i do:
1)connect to phone(via bluetooth)
2)fire up safari browser
3)click on the boards.ie mobiles/pda bookmark
4)safari fires up its download manager and downloads the .php file above,cant open either.
I'ved tried different websites and does the same..really strange!

Ive noticed that websites go through a 3ireland server called www.widerweb.net , this may have something to do with it?

It maybe different to you,culabula because you have the data card sim card
I'll think i'll post a another topic bringing attention to 3pay users.

damo

culabula

Sorry, I thought that you were using your Mac!

damo86

im trying to use my mac, but it not loading pages but downloading them as above.
apologies but dont think i understand your comment

edit:ive adjusted the above post to make you understand more

culabula

My apologies: I mistook your reference to mobiles/pda as a URL and thought you were talking about the phone's browser.

It's a strange one; if you go back to a normal ethernet or wifi connection, does the problem go away? It has to be something in your Mac's setting locally,it can't really be anything to do with 3, prepay or postpay.

What way have you configured IPv6 under TCP/IP in 'Network'?

culabula

Have you ticked Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV) under proxies?

damo86

culabula wrote:

Have you ticked Use Passive FTP Mode (PASV) under proxies?

no bother,
ipv6 is automatic,
its works fine as it always had under wifi,
PASV is ticked,
it must be an issue with their www.widerweb.net server , your data card doesnt use this i guess,do you see any reference to this when browsing and does it say "mobile broadband" at the bottom of each webpage?

being a great help

damo

culabula

Try setting the IPv6 to 'off' too. If it makes no difference, change it back to automatic. I have had to change it on occasions while travelling.

culabula

damo86 wrote:

no bother,

it must be an issue with their www.widerweb.net server , your data card doesnt use this i guess,do you see any reference to this when browsing and does it say "mobile broadband" at the bottom of each webpage?

being a great help

damo

No and I absolutely do not like the sound of this. I never have heard of widerweb until now, and as I am on the verge of recommending the add-ons to a friend in the sticks, I do not want this to happen (although you can add it and remove it on a monthly basis).

I have several friends who have adopted the dataSIM and this is in no way an issue.

Let's hope they haven't configured it for Win-doze only.

damo86

doubt it will make any difference..ill give a go anyway!
just a matter of interest does your address bar change to this when entering a address etc

culabula

damo86 wrote:

doubt it will make any difference..ill give a go anyway!
just a matter of interest does your address bar change to this when entering a address etc

No, that has never happened.....egad! Hang in there :-(

culabula

Now logged on using 3 SIM to send this. No issues whatsoever. At the moment I am logged on to 3UK but was on 3IRL all day today.

damo86

seems to be a lost cause,what i might try is to go through another custom proxy to see it sorts itself out..you never know!!

thanks anyway,hopefully its just matter of a few problems that need to be ironed out!!!

damo

culabula

I have asked a well-placed individual in 3 to investigate this for us. Hope to hear in the morning.