Dial-up Networking with Verizon and Treo

Kevin Oberman oberman at es.net
Fri Apr 25 20:28:57 UTC 2008


> From: "Yuri Lukin" <lists at swaggi.com>
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:58:14 -0400
> 
> On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:35:33 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote
> > I have a Verizon Wireless Palm 755p with which I can connect my 
> > laptop to the Internet under Windows. I would really like to be able 
> > to do this under FreeBSD, but I have no idea of what the appropriate 
> > USB driver would be or how PPP would be configured for it. The 
> > Verizon software does not even have an account name or password for 
> > the connection.
> > 
> > Has anyone managed to get this to work? I suspect any Treo on Verizon
> > would connect in much the same manner.
> > -- 
> 
> 
> I did this with my old Verizon Motorola phone several years ago via Bluetooth.
> I paired my laptop (6.0-RELEASE afaik) with the phone and used it as a modem
> to dial-up to Verizon's network. The speed wasn't great (EVDO) but it worked.
> Verizon phones dial #777 for a data connection where the username is
> your_10_digit_number at vzw3g.com and the password is vzw. Don't think you need
> the cable/dongle as long as your 755p supports DUN via bluetooth. I have a
> 700wx myself but haven't tried this yet. 

This might do the trick! Now I have a username and password, so I'll
give it another try.

Thanks!
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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