GPRS - using *99#

Anyone familiar with the procedure for using a mobile phone as an
interface between a laptop and GPRSaccess to the internet.

My daughter used to use a Nokia 7210 and an IrDA connection between
the phone and a T-Mobile GPRS to connect to the internet but I am
unable to do likewise using a Sony Ericsson Z600 and Virgin's GRPS
system.

My phone's conventional connection to GPRS is fine.

Geoff Lane

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:46:00 +0100, Geoff Lane
<(E-Mail Removed)> scrawled:

>Anyone familiar with the procedure for using a mobile phone as an
>interface between a laptop and GPRSaccess to the internet.
>
>My daughter used to use a Nokia 7210 and an IrDA connection between
>the phone and a T-Mobile GPRS to connect to the internet but I am
>unable to do likewise using a Sony Ericsson Z600 and Virgin's GRPS
>system.
>
>My phone's conventional connection to GPRS is fine.
>
*99#***1 The 1 is the number of the connection (CID? (can't remember
the TLA!)). I've used that number with all of my phones to connect
from laptops and they've all worked fine. Some have had additional
modem strings but IIRC they all worked without them, I just added them
as they were mentioned in a support\setup guide somewhere.
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On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:15:50 +0100, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)>
scrawled:

>*99#***1 The 1 is the number of the connection (CID? (can't remember
>the TLA!)). I've used that number with all of my phones to connect
>from laptops and they've all worked fine. Some have had additional
>modem strings but IIRC they all worked without them, I just added them
>as they were mentioned in a support\setup guide somewhere.

Ignore that, it's *99***n# where n is the CID number.

I also found this.

+CGDCONT =1,"IP","apn.address" - you should substitute apn.address
with the name of the GPRS APN that you wish to connect to

On my current mobile, the APN is "orangeinternet". Basically, it's the
name that the CID location has.
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On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:43:40 +0100, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> +CGDCONT =1,"IP","apn.address" - you should substitute apn.address
>with the name of the GPRS APN that you wish to connect to
>On my current mobile, the APN is "orangeinternet". Basically, it's the
>name that the CID location has.

This was the added magic that made my connection work. *99# and
*99***1# etc. alone didn't do the trick. I think the newer Nokia
phones which have multiple connection profiles (many of which are
preset by the network) all require this now. Otherwise you end up
making a WAP-only connection when you wanted a full TCP/IP sockets
connection.

It still costs a bloody fortune, mind.

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On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 14:24:55 GMT, Andrew Oakley
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>This was the added magic that made my connection work. *99# and
>*99***1# etc. alone didn't do the trick. I think the newer Nokia
>phones which have multiple connection profiles (many of which are
>preset by the network) all require this now.

AIUI that AT string actually replaces the profile 1 with the data in
the string.

*98# should dial the default, *98*2# CID=2 etc
98 means make an IP connection, 99 allows more types to be specified.

Phil
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On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:46:00 +0100, Geoff Lane
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>Anyone familiar with the procedure for using a mobile phone as an
>interface between a laptop and GPRSaccess to the internet.

Thanks for the advice everyone, it was the CID I think that was
causing the problem.

I've got 4 data accounts on my phone and used *98*4# and it connected
immediately.

I used 98 as Phil mentioned it is specific to IP.

What speed would I expect from GPRS?

Geoff Lane

On Mon, 19 Sep 2005 18:52:50 +0100, Geoff Lane
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What speed would I expect from GPRS?

depends on the phone I think, how many slots it can handle and how
many the network allocate it.
http://www.gsmworld.com/technology/gprs/intro.shtml

I recall getting around 28k on an Ericsson T39

Phil
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On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 21:43:40 +0100, Lurch <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>>*99#***1 The 1 is the number of the connection (CID? (can't remember
>>the TLA!)). I've used that number with all of my phones to connect
>>from laptops and they've all worked fine. Some have had additional
>>modem strings but IIRC they all worked without them, I just added them
>>as they were mentioned in a support\setup guide somewhere.
>
>Ignore that, it's *99***n# where n is the CID number.

Why 3x* after the 99
>
>I also found this.
>
> +CGDCONT =1,"IP","apn.address" - you should substitute apn.address
>with the name of the GPRS APN that you wish to connect to

What's the CGDCONT =1 mean, is the number one subject to settings or
is it always one.

Geoff Lane

On Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:46:05 +0100, Geoff Lane
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>Ignore that, it's *99***n# where n is the CID number.
>
>Why 3x* after the 99

because the full *99 command has several optional parameters, if you
aren't changing them you have to jump over them to get to the
parameter for CID which is where the n is.

>> +CGDCONT =1,"IP","apn.address" - you should substitute apn.address
>>with the name of the GPRS APN that you wish to connect to
>
>What's the CGDCONT =1 mean, is the number one subject to settings or
>is it always one.

1 is the CID profile the above command changes, so putting another
number would change CID

Phil
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