GRPS Questions from a thicky

[jason986]

There are a few questions I have about grps which I can't seem to find the answers to. Are there any experts out there?

1. Is there a difference between a grps phone (say 6310i) connected to laptop via bluetooth and one of those vodafone pcmcia grps cards? Do they both do the same thing?

2. I don't want grps to connect to the internet which is what most people want it for. I want it to act as a dial up connection (modem) so I can connect to a client. It must be via a dial up connection.

Jason

[fiddleabout]

Can't answer your question but if you want to search on it use the correct acronym - it's GPRS

[AtW]

i would strongly suggest to consider new Vodafone pcmcia 3G cards - so long as you remain in area of coverage you will be much better of because data rates on GPRS are a joke - £10 per MEGAbyte is not uncommon (£3-5 is more likely).

[jason986]

Fiddle - thanks but grps is a new fibreglass version of gprs. Please keep up with the latest technology!

Atw - 3g is limited in Spain. GPRS is 1 euro per meg (10 euros per month).

Cheers
Jason

[dazza12]

Answer to 1) - No real difference between using the phone as a modem and using the card - both are doing the same job. However the card is probably more convenient.

Regarding 2), it's difficult to say without knowing a bit more. I've only used this with a phone and not the card, and this was more of a conventional dial up. Not sure if you can do this with GPRS, however I have used the card to access a company network via a VPN.

[threaded]

If it is a Nokia phone then yes.

threaded in "life is hard then you die or buy a Nokia bluetooth thingy" mode.

[jason986]

update

Quick update.

GPRS is up and running on a Vodafone Mobile connect card that slots into the pcmcia slot.

The software automatically installs a virtual modem so you CAN use dial up networking with gprs. However still having a few problems connecting to the client system through their PAL authentication software. Aborts the script half way through the process.

Oh and another thing. If you are thinking of using gprs forget Orange because they were completely useless. Vodafone were MUCH better and far more helpful.

Jason