Please note that ø recommends you set up your laptop by using the simple O2 Mobile Web application which is available from www.o2.co.uk/mobileweb. These manual instructions are intended for advanced users or IT Managers who wish to create manual settings. Manual set up of Microsoft ® Windows ® based PCs with ø Mobile Web This document is a generic description of how to configure Microsoft Windows based computers to use ø Mobile Web. The operating systems covered are: • Windows 98 and 98 SE • Windows 2000 and XP Contents Introduction, notes and basic settings 2 Service Settings 2 Windows 98 and Windows 98SE 4 Step 1: Do you have everything that you need? 4 Step 2. Installing the Modem 4 Step 3. Configuring the Modem 5 Step 4. Dial-up Networking Set-up 6 Windows 2000/XP 8 Step 1: Do you have everything that you need? 8 Step 2: Installing the Modem 8 Step 3. Configuring the Modem 9 Step 4: Dial-up Networking Set-up 10 Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
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Please note that ø recommends you set up your laptop by using
the simple O2 Mobile Web application which is available from
www.o2.co.uk/mobileweb. These manual instructions are intended for
advanced users or IT Managers who wish to create manual settings.
Manual set up of Microsoft®
Windows® based PCs withø Mobile WebThis document is a generic description of how to configure Microsoft Windows
based computers to use ø Mobile Web. The operating systems covered are:
Users who have installed Service Pack 3 (SP3) do not need to
complete the above step.
Step 2: Installingthe Modem
The “modem” allows your laptop to access
Mobile Web, by dialling through your GPRS
mobile phone. In general a phone manufacturer
will provide a CD with your mobile that installs
the correct drivers to your machine. You should
use the CD provided with your phone and
follow the appropriate installation process.ø does not provide standalone modem drivers.
The guide below is a general guide to be used once you haveused the manufacturer’s CD. These instructions will “install” themodem, so that your laptop has the ability to connect.
• Click Start
• Select Control Panel
• Click on Phone and Modem Options
• Click on Modems tab
• If the modem is not already installed in the window then clickAdd
• The Add Hardware Wizard appears.
• Tick Don’t detect my modem; I will select it from a list box andclick Next
• Select Manufacturer and Model of the device that you areusing from the list.
Please note: If the modem is not found in the list, then clickHave Disk and place manufacturer’s CD in the drive. Press Esckey if CD auto-runs (exception: the Motorola T260 uses its ownhardware Wizard to install. You will need to install from the CD).
• Locate the necessary folder containing the modem drivers(manufacturer dependant)
• Click Browse and details of the CD will show in the locate filewindow
• Select the required modem and click Open
• Click OK
• Select modem required
• Click Next
• Select Com Port to use (normally COM1 for serial connections)and click Next
• Modem installation proceeds
• Click Finish
This now completes the modem installation process.
Windows 2000/XPThese instructions should be followed in order to configure a Windows 2000/XP laptop with a
GPRS mobile. By following these instructions step by step, you will be able to configure your laptop
to use ø’s Mobile Web service.
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Step 3. Configuring the Modem
Once you have installed the modem, you need to configure it, to ensure that it knows exactly what
to do. This is necessary so that your laptop can control your GPRS mobile effectively, and the way
that it opens or closes your Mobile Web connection.
• Select Control Panel
• Select Phone and Modem Options
• Select Modems
• Highlight the modem that you wish to use from the list.
This should be the modem that you have installed.
• Click Properties
• Select the Modem tab
• Choose 57600 from the Maximum Port Speed drop-down
menu
• Select Advanced tab
• Enter the following into the Extra initialisation commands
field exactly as written here:
AT+CGDCONT=1,"IP","MOBILE.O2.CO.UK" – all in upper case
• Click OK
• Click OK again
This completes the modem configuration process
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Step 4: Dial-up Networking Set-up
Before setting up Dial-up Networking please ensure that the necessary modem has been installed
and correctly configured.
• Select Control Panel
• Select Network Connections
• Select Create a new connection
• This will start the New Connection Wizard
• Select Next
• Select Connect to the Internet
• Select Next
• Select Set up my connection manually
• Select Next
• Select Connect using a dial-up modem
• Select Next
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• Select your GPRS modem
• Select Next
• Enter O2 Mobile Web as the connection name
• Select Next
• Enter the relevant telephone number:
*99# for most GPRS handsets
*99***1# for Siemens handsets
• Select Next
• In the User name field enter username
• In the Password field enter password
• In the Confirm password field enter password
• Select Next
• The Connection Wizard has been completed.
The connection has been created and now
needs its properties to be set-up correctly.
• To set up connection properties, right click over the new
connection you have made and select Properties
• Select Configure.
NOTE: Please make sure that the right modem is ticked.
• Un-tick Use dialling rules.
• Select Options
• Select 57600 as the Maximum speed (bps)
• Tick Enable hardware flow control
• Un-tick Enable modem error control
• Un-tick Enable modem compression
• Un-tick Enable modem speaker
• Select OK
• The only thing that you need to check in this window is that
Display progress while connecting is ticked
• Select Networking tab
• Select Properties
Enter the following settings:
Primary DNS server: 193.113.200.200
Secondary DNS server: 193.113.200.201
• Click OK
• This concludes setting up the connection properties.
• Click OK
• Double click on the newly created settings to connect to the