Showing posts with label Blackjack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blackjack. Show all posts

Saturday, December 02, 2006

Cingular Smartphone, AT&T Wireless Account, I want 3G

This is pretty easy. After all, my friend Jeson has already gone through the trouble of groking through support forums to find all this info out:

Settings-->Connections
1. GPRS, Menu-->Add (new connection)
Connects to: The Internet
Access Point: proxy
Username:
Password:
Primary DNS: 10.250.1.10
Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0
IP Address:

2. GPRS Authentication
GRPS Authentication: CHAP

3. Proxy, Menu -->Add
Connections from: The Internet
Connects to: WAP Network
Proxy (name:port): wap.mymmode.com:8080
Type: HTTP
Username:
Password:

4. Under Connections (immediately from settings)
Menu->Advanced
Internet Connection: mMode
Work connection: Automatic
WAP connection: mMode
Secure WAP connection: Automatic

You're done! On my Samsung Blackjack I am able to get a 3G connection: ~970kb/s download and ~116kb/s upload. Nearly 1MB :) However, this varies with the wireless connection I am able to get. I've seen it as low as 400kb/s download.

Vista: Tethering the Samsung BlackJack over USB

My not so reliable Comcast has conked out and I'm left to either "borrow" my generous neighbor's wifi (unsecure http transmission) or figure another way out to get Internet. Luckily, I recently upgraded my SMT5600 to a sexy sleek Samsung Blackjack.

Few easy steps:
1. Set the Settings-->(6) Connections --> (4) USB to ActiveSync. The reason why this setting needs to be set to ActiveSync as opposed to Modem, is to allow for the phone to be charged while in use. Otherwise, if you tether this baby as suggested by Cingular, 3g will drain your battery relatively quickly (1.5hrs or so).

2. Install Samsung's Blackjack modem drivers. I can't find these online, but on Vista, some of the drivers are available through Microsoft Update. Otherwise, they are available on the CD that the device comes with.

3. After the drivers are installed, plug-in the phone via USB and allow for Vista to auto detect the device.

4. On the Blackjack look for Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) and set PC Connection: USB and Network Connection to: (Media Net if you're using Cingular or your custom mMode settings for AT&T Wireless).

5. Windows will now auto detect a Remote NDIS based Internet sharing device.

6. After Vista is done installing the Internet sharing device, presto you're ONLINE - BOOYA! :)

Note: I've been having some trouble with getting games to work online, particularly Warcraft 3 (port 6112), where ports have to be mapped and routed. Hopefully, I can find a reasonable workaround.