Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

That is not the easiest way to do it.

Your USB modem connects either via GPRS or via UMTS. Inside this modem, there is a sim card (which the manual, available here calls an R-UIM card. This card identifies your data plan.

Take this card out and pop it in a phone with a bluetooth connection. Then you connect your nokia to the Internet via bluetooth and that phone. I do that regularly.

You could also have asked your provider to put the data plan on the same card than your call plan, this way you can use the phone for both calling and data (even both at the same time on UMTS). It may even be a tiny bit cheaper, since you only need one card and one number.


Now, you said you wanted to do that via wifi. This is also possible, with a dedicated router and the advantage is that you can connect your nokia and your laptop to the net at the same time.

An example of a suitable router is the Linksys WRT54G3G. You put your SIM card (with the data plan) in an UMTS PCMCIA card (which acts as the "phone"), then that card in the router. An example of a suitable PCMCIA card is this one from amazon. Usually, the service provider offers those cards at a discount with the data plan.

Then, the router connects via the card on the Internet over an UMTS connection and builds a wifi network around itself. Around the router you can connect what you want to the wifi network, including the Nokia and your laptop.

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

Ah.

I don't suppose anyone can chime in with what's available for 2007?

I eyeballed the modules dir where the module is that you use to stop the thing being an USB drive when attached to a PC, and there's nothing much there and certainly nothing recognisable as an ethernet driver. Where else might they hang out? Where do they hang out in 2008?

I don't really want to up to 2008 quite yet...

Zebee

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

Jerome..Amazing..Thanks a lot for the solutions..Will explore and buy rightaway..

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

There's also mobile routers available that can hold a Cellular USB/PCMCIA/Express-Card and make data available via Wifi. I've got a thread for them, which I just updated (the best of the original bunch now has a version with an internal battery, see the last post in the thread):

Mobile/Cellular Routers

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

That's easy enough, nothing :)

No drivers, and no host mode, unless you want to replace the kernel and compile your own modules.

The driver I'm using is actually compiled directly in the OS2008 kernel, I didn't notice that before.. so no module.

In OS2008 modules are in /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/2.6.21-omap1/

You can probably see OS2007 modules in /mnt/initfs/lib/modules/`uname -r`/

Where's your sense of adventure?! :)

I switched over as soon as that N810 image got out, and have no regrets, but I'm a big fat dork who doesn't mind messing around, compiling things myself, etc.

What's keeping you from the OS2008 beta?

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

hiding in the corner wondering if it is safe to come out I think!

I think once I've had the thing for more than a week I'll be more comfortable.

I also have a Debian learning curve, I have to have a little time to sit down and find the info on unpacking .debs, then have to play with recompiling so I understand what's going on, once I feel competent at that then I won't mind the upgrading.

Although given that I don't use that many apps so far that won't work under 2008....

Oh, know off hand any good sites on USB cabling? If I do set up an ethernet connection I don't want to mess about with adapters, meaning getting one with a cable (rather than the usb stick kind) and put a suitable mini on the end.

Zebee

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

I had never really used dpkg before getting the tablet, but it's pretty straightforward. Running dpkg --help, and trying out the different options got me going quickly.

Compiling is a whole different story, sometimes it's easy, sometimes it's a massive pain :)

USB cabling is very simple, thankfully..

http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

Yes, does look simple.

http://www.accesscomms.com.au/Reference/USB.htm was the one I found after posting, and it looks eerily similar to the site you posted.....

Jaycar has standard A and B solderable connectors, but not mini/micro.

So I'll have to cannabalise a cable.

Hmm.. looks like the wired ethernet is going to be the catalyst to go 2008. If I can find a wire rather than stick dongle that runs Realtek or one of the others. Guess I'll have to buy from the US.)

Now, if only Citrix produced an ARM Linux client! Then I could take the thing into the dartacentre, do the networky things I have to do, and connect to Citrix to use the mandated IE (ick!) to tell people I'd done it.

Beats lugging a mucking great laptop about.

Ah well, I'll write to Citrix. Maybe they might like the idea!


Zebee

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

I thought Citrix was compatible with VNC clients?

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

That will teach me to use bookmarks...

They do produce an ARM client! See also http://www.bleb.org/software/maemo/

Although it isn't clear if it will work on 2008, that site says it was a bit old for 2006.

So I will still contact Citrix, I wonder if they'd be willing to give me the source :)

"Hey guys, the client is free anyway!"

Zebee