Nokia E65 access point

[rob wild]

Hey Guys just wondering if someone could help me with my phone? Got a E65 on the 3 network and its really good TBH but i want to use it as an internet access point for my laptop/incarpc so i can browse the net on the move. But i just cant seem to get it work Have seen it done with a Sony W8 something and it was really easy!

 

Any ideas would be great

 

Cheers Rob

[DaveK]

Do you have the APN (Access Point Name)? If not - I would expect 3 to be able to tell you what it is. But I'm sure there are other people using 3 on the forum who could tell you.

[rob wild]

Yeah i have the Access point name its either 3 or 3 mms but i think you have to set up the VPN and VPN policies but im not sure what the setting should be?

[carl0s]

I'm sure I heard that one of the shit things about 3 is that they don't let you do this...

 

All you normally do is setup a dial-up connection on your laptop, with the "Standard Modem over Bluetooth Link" (or perhaps "Nokia E65 Bluetooth Modem" if that's what it's installed as) as the modem, and have it dial the special GPRS number: *99#

 

With some handsets, Nokia more often than not, you have to specify an init string in the modem's "advanced properties > extra init commands" through control-panel like this:

at+cgdcont=1,"ip","apnname"

 

(where apnname is the apn you want to use, which in my case would be orangeinternet, in yours it'd be 3 or 3mms or 3wap or whatever).

You may also want to try varying the 1, as this is meant to specify which connection profile is used on the phone (there are usually three or so setup by the provider). My Sony Ericsons never needed this, but all my Nokia phones have.