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Laptop internet access via XDA 2 GPRS using Bluetooth

I'm going on holiday shortly and my wife would like to be able to surf the internet on our laptop using the XDA 2 GPRS connection over Bluetooth.
How do I set things up to allow this?
I have a samsung laptop with a TDK USB BT dongle. My XDA 2 is successfully accessing GPRS on the Orange UK network. Im using WIN XP.
I have searched the forums, but only seem to get one page of search results regardless of the number of pages found. So apologies if this has already been answered somewhere else.
Regards,
mike_m

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=2642
well it'a smartphone guide but anyway a good read

ISP for XDA Exec?

Hi, got a new XDA Exec on 02 and am trying to work out how to get connected to the internet and email. Anyone got any recommendations for a good ISP? What is everyone else using?
Thanks for any help and happy new year!

hi!
happy new year to you too!
your ISP is actually your mobile carrier.... in your case, if you bought the exec from o2, then o2 are the isp
on an o2 exec, they are pre-configured for gprs or 3g internet access out of the box on the o2 network......providing you have used a sim that has data facilities enabled.....just click on the internet explorer icon and it should connect automatically
if you are using someone else's sim (i think the exec comes sim unlocked) then you will need to maually create the connections for that mobile provider (start, settings, connections, add new connection)
www.filesaveas.com/gprs.htm is a good source for all the major mobile providers settings
if you are connecting via wifi, then that is governed by the wifi device.....in hotspots it generally is pay as you go (btopenzone, tzones etc) but obvioulsy a home it is just picking up your home wifi connection
hope this helps!

Thanks!
Thanks for your help! I can now connect to the internet! I used the 02 settings. Also discovered the joy of there being Wifi at the station when the trains were cancelled but wasn't able to log on as it didn't accept the phone number it asked for when selecting O2 as the provider for some reason. Haven't worked out how to get email yet either but that's my next challenge!
Thanks again

XDA MINI S-3 Network help and wi fi

Hello all,
I am on the verge of buying an xda mini s, and i have two questions.
Firstly, is it easy to unlock and if unlocked will it work on the '3' network.
Secondly, if i use the wifi facility will be network charge me to browse the internet in the same way they would if i connect via gprs/wap etc.
Thanks
Sportyfr

WiFi conection won't generate any charge from your phone provider. With WiFi you conect to a Wireless router. This can be open (anyone can conect) and free, open but not free (Ej. Fon), or closed (with WEP, WPA, MAC filter, etc). Or you may not be able to conect at all because there are no available networks around.
Just be careful. If you activate WiFi but can't conect to any network, using internet will make the phone activate the GPRS, included the asociated phone bill.

sportyfr said:
Hello all,
I am on the verge of buying an xda mini s, and i have two questions.
Firstly, is it easy to unlock and if unlocked will it work on the '3' network.
Secondly, if i use the wifi facility will be network charge me to browse the internet in the same way they would if i connect via gprs/wap etc.
Thanks
Sportyfr
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Hi Sportyfr
The XDA Mini-S from O2 will be unlocked anyway.
Be aware that the XDA Mini S is "not" a 3G phone, if it does register, it may not work for long on the "3" network.
AIUI
When 3 spot it, your sim card could / will get barred pretty quick.
The 3G replacement for the XDA Mini-S was the O2 Trion aka the HTC Hermes.
BTW
T-Mobile do have WiFi included in some of their higher priced "Web and Walk" packages.
Hope it helps you or at least saves you some money.
Alan

Problem Using WIFI on Orbit 2

How can I use WI-FI to connect my O2 Orbit 2 Xda to the internet instead of Mobile Data when I am at home?
I have Mobile Internet as my free bolt on from O2 and the Mobile Data works well.
However at home I have a Linksys wireless router and I want to connect my Xda to the internet using my home wireless network to take advantage of the faster data speed.
Getting my Xda to connect to my wireless router seems to have been very easy. It says it is connected and shows a full set of green bars.
Having turned off Comm Manager / Data Connection when I use IE / Email / MSN etc from the Xda, Comm Manager / Data Connection turns back on and establishes a connection and the Xda uses Mobile Data not WI-FI.

With all the collective expertise in this forum I had hoped I would get a reply / answer to this problem by now

what problem are you having? I've got my orbit 2 talking to my BT home hub no probs. When I got it, I simply switched on Wifi from comms manager, it found my wireless network and I entered the WPA key and hey presto - off it went.

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My Orbit 2 will connect to my home network (Linksys WRT300N) no problem.
However when I collect email or surf the web etc my Orbit 2 decides it would rather use my Mobile Data and not the WIFI.
My mobile data is the FREE bolt on from O2 so it is not costing me any thing extra, however I would like to use WIFI at home because it is faster, and because I should be able to.

Blue angel (XDA IIs) Wifi problems

Can anyone help. I've been searching all morning but I'm getting nowhere...
First my setup. I've got Orange internet (ADSL) so connect to the net using its (inventel) livebox. Connected to that is a Netgear (DSL) WNR834B which I have to use as a network switch as the livebox only has 2 lan ports,
(just for info Livebox is 192.168.1.1, netgear 192.168.1.5)
After nearly 1 week of trying I've finally got my XDA IIs to connect to my Netrgear router (thanks to my brother and his XDA Orbit).
But I cannot for the life of me get my XDA to connect via Wifi to the internet. I have a wifi connection, but everytime I try to access the net it tries to use GPRS.
I've tried all the help I can find on the XDA itself and tried (and failed) to setup a work network, and route all internet via that (can't find a way of doing this as the wifi isn't even listed...). Tried looking on the Wiki and searched for similar problems on this site. Nothing seems to work.
Can't remember where but I tired to set up proxy to go via 192.168.1.1. Didn't work...
1 week of getting it to connect to the router to fall at the next hurdle... Help.
BTW my brothers XDA orbit connects via my router with no problems. All pages are displayed.
Can anyone help??
'Fraid to say I'm ok with normal cable networking but this Wifi is giving me a headache.
Thanks