Questions and Answers
Amy Rich
Q People in our company, a systems administration
consulting agency, do a lot of traveling and work on a lot of remote systems.
A good portion of us have Treo 600/650s with Sprint PCS service (unlimited data
for a cheap flat rate per month) and Apple PowerBooks (they run Unix underneath
the hood) that we use to keep in touch from the road. The Treos are great if
you don't need a lot of screen territory, and the PowerBooks are great when
there's a network connection available. Sometimes we need the usability of the
laptop without having wireless or wired nearby, though. I've heard you can use
the Treo as a modem for your laptop. This would fit the bill nicely! Do you
know what software is required and how to configure things?
A If you have a Treo 650 and use Bluetooth,
install the 1.12 updater patch from:
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/treo650updater/sprint.html
This patch enables Bluetooth dial-up networking without the need for any extra
software. If you want to use USB instead, then you can purchase the WirelessModem
software from:
http://www.notifymail.com/palm/wmodem/index.shtml
This software supports all of the Treo models as modems and Windows, Mac, or Linux
on the host. There's also documentation for using the AT&T/Cingular network
as well.
The site http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com/ details using an older, free
version of the WirelessModem driver for the Mac without the shareware phone
portion. Detailed directions can be found at:
http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=41
If you have a Verizon phone instead of a Sprint phone, you can enable the Treo
tethered mode by dialing #*#TETHERED (##83843733) instead of ##TETHERED
(##83843733).
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