Connect phone to Telstra NextG using Ubuntu?

[Jean Hollis Weber]

Blake, thanks for the response.

So I don't dial iinet at all, is that what you're saying? I vaguely 
remember something similar from using my CDMA phone for data several years 
ago, but at that time my internet account was with Bigpond. Although I 
wrote in my earlier note that I'd used CDMA to access iinet, I was 
mis-remembering.

Thanks for the reminder about the data-pack. I hope I can put it on for a 
few months and then take it off again, because my outback travel tends to 
be very seasonal.

Any other tips gratefully accepted, for example how to get Bluetooth up and 
running.

Cheers, Jean

Blake Munro wrote:
> Hi Jean,
> 
> Once you have the bluetooth up and running, create a dial up connection 
> that dials *99#
> You don't need a username or password, leave IP settings to DHCP. That 
> should be all you need to do.
> 
> Be careful and make sure you arrange for Telstra to put a data-pack on 
> your account first that suits your needs or you'll be paying huge $$ per 
> mb.
> 
> Cheers
> Blake
> 
> On 10/31/07, *Jean Hollis Weber* <jeanweber at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jeanweber at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Hello,
>     I have a Nokia 6120classic, a NextG account with Telstra, an internet
>     account with iinet, and Bluetooth on both my computer and the phone. At
>     home I have ADSL (so I don't need the phone to connect) but when
>     travelling
>     in the outback I used to access the internet using a CDMA phone as a
>     modem
>     (with a serial connection) and iinet's dial-up number. Now I want to
>     use my
>     Nokia phone as a dial-up modem with the Bluetooth connection.
> 
>     I run Ubuntu 7.10. All the posts I've found on the Whirlpool site
>     about the
>     Nokia6120 not surprisingly say "It's easy, just use the PC suite
>     software"
>     which of course is Windows only. Not much help!
> 
>     Can anyone help me? (Can it be done?) Note: I can use a command line and
>     edit config files if I have to, but otherwise I am really a dummy
>     when it
>     comes to a lot of this stuff, so if someone could explain in really
>     simple
>     terms to me what I need to do, I would be very grateful. Thanks!
> 
>     --Jean
>