Enable the USB modem link or USB-tethered feature of your cell phone.
Some phones require that you do this every time you connect the phone to
be used as a modem??”otherwise, your computer may think it??™s just a mobile
device and start synchronizing your address book. Without the proper
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USB Data Cable
Data-capable cell phone
Cell Tower
Cellular data
connection to the
Internet
Figure 7-1
A data-capable cell
phone can quickly
become your PC??™s
access to the Internet.
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USB modem/data link setting in the phone, your computer will not properly
sense the ???modem,??? may become quite confused about the connection you
made, and put the phone connection into ???unknown device??? lockout. (You
may have to verify this with your phone/cellular provider when you set up
your data service plan.)
When you do connect your phone to your computer, the computer??™s USB
Plug and Play function should associate the driver you installed with the
phone and install the driver automatically. For some devices, you may have
to provide the driver CD-ROM or file to complete the process.
Step 2: Making Your First Cellular Data Connection
If everything in Step 1 works out correctly, your computer should be ready to connect
to the Internet through your cell phone. For illustration I use a Verizon cellular data
PC card and VZAccess Manager. The VZAccess Manager installation program uses a
step-through wizard process, beginning with the option to check whether you have
the latest version of the software, as shown in Figure 7-2.
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