Connectivity Options for N800
 

Hi

I recently bought a Nokia N800 from US and currently living in India. Apart from Wifi and Bluetooth is there any other option of connecting to internet like connecting via USB Modem? Relying on a Wifi hotspot is not feasible and connecting via Bluetooth mobile seems to be too slow..Please help me as i find myself with an N800 which is not at all usefull without proper internet connectivity .Thanks

Regards
Venkat

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

If you have access to an ethernet outlet with (preferably) dhcp support then you could use a travel wi-fi router. That's what I use in those situations. I have a very small Asus pocket wi-fi adapter (330), there are other vendors too and they're not expensive.

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

Hi

I am not a technical person and could not understand your suggestion. I have also received another reply from this forum stating that , as of now i cannot use USB Modem from a cellular provider for connecting to internet and i have to wait for further OS updates.Please do let me know if my understanding is not correct. The mobile blutooth option is not a good one due to speed and relying on Wifi spots seems to be a very bad option , as the device itself is meant to be a anytime internet tool..Or atleast thats what i understand from the what they advertise..Cant i have a single way of connecting and to use my N800 while travelling or in office or lying in bed before going to sleep..Please assist..

Regards
Venkat

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Bluetooth connection to a mobile phone shouldn't be slow, the limitation should be in the phone-to-internet connection, i.e. is it GPRS, EDGE or 3G? (where I live the EDGE nd 3G connections are really bad). If you experience the N800 to phone BT connection as slow then maybe your phone is a BT 1.1 or 1.2 device? The N800 supports BT 2.0 with the EDR extension (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth), but even without EDR it should be quite fast.

What my first suggestion was about (see earlier post) is that if you have access to an Ethernet (wired) internet connection then attaching a cheap small wi-fi access point to it would give you N800 wi-fi access to the net, but if you don't have a fixed internet connection like that then this is not an option. Or, if you want mobile internet connection then bluetooth is the way to go. It _should_ be fast enough, as I wrote above.

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Even if you could make it work, USB will not give you a faster or better connection.

Why can't you just put a wireless adapter in your house and office? They are inexpensive...much cheaper than a USB modem anyway. That would give you coverage in the two places you spend the most time. Other than that, you're at the mercy of any public wifi you can find. Even in my rural area it is very rare that I can not find a connection.

Bluetoooth connection speed is not in itself slow. It is dependant on your data plan (assuming you mean "tethering" to a cell phone"...you could upgrade your plan if faster service is available in your area.

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It seems to me that these replies are like Marie Antoinette's "Let them eat cake" or in your case, wifi.

So let's get old school. You have a phone line at least? There are modems that connect to the host via bluetooth. Here is one of about 4 I found: http://www.amazon.com/Analog-Modem-B...5035158&sr=8-2

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Hi, if you have 3.5g coverage in your area, the n800 connected to a 3.5g phone will give you 720kbps. limited by the max throughput speed of bluetooth. Bluetooth 1.2 and 2.0 should not be any different speed wise. This would be translate to download speed of 90KB/s. not slow for me. in fact better than wifi from many heavily populated hotspots.

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I think the problem here is the connection of the internet itself. maybe he is using the dialup connection from the PC and need to connect the N800 somehow with the USB cable. as high speed internet is not that popular/cheap on eastern countries.

also not all the routers have RAS(dial the phone to connect internet) capability.

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Hi All

Thanks a lot for the replies..I will do some research on the available BT options and post the result..Thanks again for the all the response.

Regards
Venkatesh

Re: Connectivity Options for N800
 

Using the phone for internet connectivity is way too expensive here in Australia, whether it's a data plan or old fashioned modem and dial.

Is there such a thing as an ethernet adapter that can talk to the n800 via bluetooth?

I could set up a little wifi beastie to do the same thing, but would be nice to have the alternative.

at this rate, the n800 will need its own damn suitcase! keyboard, wireless/ethernet adapter, possible external storage. Maybe the people who put all of that in one case and called it the Toshiba Libretto had the right idea!