N90 DUN resolved

Andy hooked me up with a Nokia Europe link today that enabled a config for the N90 and made getting online (as I am now) via bluetooth quite simple.

I highly recommend this as a great way to gain access beyond Wifi. If I was on Cingular, I could be enjoying EDGE or better, but TMO currently only does GPRS. It still works well for email – even with my VPN active.

Here are the steps for anyone else looking to do this:

• Head to the Nokia Site for starters and follow the on-page wizard.
• Once you’ve received your configuration MMS messages and saved them you should have a config for your carrier (T-Mobile in my case) ready to rock on your phone. I was actually missing this step before and made an incorrect that the unlocked N90 knew anything about how to connect to my data service without this.
• Now that the N90 is ready to connect, you need to make sure that your computer is also ready. On my PowerBook, I opened Network Preferences and added a new connection entitled Bluetooth. While it’s not necessary to make a new connection, I find it easy to manage the litany of ports and VPN details I need by keeping things separate. In the Bluetooth network connection choose the second drop down which says Network Status by Default and seen here:

• From the Network Status menu, you want to choose Network Port Configurations and if you are following my plan to keep it simple and separate, you’ll want to uncheck all but Bluetooth and VPN if you need it.
• Assuming you have not done this before, you’ll need to make one more stop online before we can complete this process… Ross Barkman has created an amazing set of modem scripts for various phones. choose what you need and follow the simple installation (copy the files).
• Heading back to Network Preferences, you can now select, Bluetooth again from the second drop down menu. Add internet2.voicestream.com as your phone number in the PPP tab.
• In the Bluetooth tab, you need to pick a modem and courtesy of Ross Barkman, you now have quite a few new options. I am using the Nokia GPRS CID1 script and so far so good. Be sure to disable error correction and uncheck the wait for dial tone setting.
• Under TCP / IP make sure your configured for PPP.
• Hit Apply Now

You are basically done at this point. I leave the modem icon in my menu bar and have my connection set to connect as needed, though you can initiate manually as well. I just got this working today and was connected for the better part of my one hour commute home tonight on Metro North.

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