Using Skypephone S2 as modem with Laptop - SOME progress but not there yet!
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From: Roger Mills on 31 Jan 2010 18:12 I've reported on earlier occasions that my laptop always crashed as soon as I connected my S2 to it, even though the S2 worked ok with my desktop computer. The *good* news is that I have finally got the S2 to connect to the laptop without crashing it. I have done this by creating a Profile in which I've disabled all hardware which I don't actually need when connecting to the internet - including CD drive, floppy drive, serial and parallel ports, and internal modem. [Some time when I've got nothing better to do, I'll add them back in one at a time to find out which one is responsible for the crashes]. The *bad* news is that it insists on connecting at 115,200 bps - even though the dongle always connects at 3.6Mbps. When I go to Network Connections and look at Properties for the S2 modem, it's max speed is set at 115,200. It allows me to change it to around 900k (that's the highest it offers) - but when I re-start the modem, it's back to 115,200 - even after a re-boot. Help! -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP!
From: Theo Markettos on 1 Feb 2010 06:53 In uk.telecom.mobile Roger Mills <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > The *bad* news is that it insists on connecting at 115,200 bps - even > though the dongle always connects at 3.6Mbps. > > When I go to Network Connections and look at Properties for the S2 modem, > it's max speed is set at 115,200. It allows me to change it to around 900k > (that's the highest it offers) - but when I re-start the modem, it's back to > 115,200 - even after a re-boot. Most dongles/etc are set up to look like RS232 devices, but they don't actually send data via RS232. So the baud rate is irrelevant - you'll get whatever it can do, whether that's 7.2Mbps HSDPA or 9600 bps GSM. It should only matter if there's a real RS232 connection in there - for example old Nokias that connect over the RS232-like FBUS or MBUS so the USB cable really is a USB-RS232 adaptor. (Being fussy, the voltages are probably wrong to be official RS232, but the signalling format is the same) Theo
From: Graham. on 1 Feb 2010 07:44 "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message news:7smh2rFibbU1(a)mid.individual.net... > I've reported on earlier occasions that my laptop always crashed as soon as I connected my S2 to it, even though the S2 worked ok > with my desktop computer. > > The *good* news is that I have finally got the S2 to connect to the laptop without crashing it. I have done this by creating a > Profile in which I've disabled all hardware which I don't actually need when connecting to the internet - including CD drive, > floppy drive, serial and parallel ports, and internal modem. [Some time when I've got nothing better to do, I'll add them back in > one at a time to find out which one is responsible for the crashes]. > > The *bad* news is that it insists on connecting at 115,200 bps - even though the dongle always connects at 3.6Mbps. > > When I go to Network Connections and look at Properties for the S2 modem, it's max speed is set at 115,200. It allows me to change > it to around 900k (that's the highest it offers) - but when I re-start the modem, it's back to 115,200 - even after a re-boot. > Go to a speed-test web-site and check your real-world up/down speed. You might be surprised at the result. -- Graham. %Profound_observation%
From: Steve Terry on 1 Feb 2010 07:51 "Graham." <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message news:hk6ib4$9c0$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler(a)googlemail.com> wrote in message > news:7smh2rFibbU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> I've reported on earlier occasions that my laptop always crashed as soon >> as I connected my S2 to it, even though the S2 worked ok with my desktop >> computer. >> >> The *good* news is that I have finally got the S2 to connect to the >> laptop without crashing it. I have done this by creating a Profile in >> which I've disabled all hardware which I don't actually need when >> connecting to the internet - including CD drive, floppy drive, serial and >> parallel ports, and internal modem. [Some time when I've got nothing >> better to do, I'll add them back in one at a time to find out which one >> is responsible for the crashes]. >> >> The *bad* news is that it insists on connecting at 115,200 bps - even >> though the dongle always connects at 3.6Mbps. >> >> When I go to Network Connections and look at Properties for the S2 modem, >> it's max speed is set at 115,200. It allows me to change it to around >> 900k (that's the highest it offers) - but when I re-start the modem, it's >> back to 115,200 - even after a re-boot. >> > Go to a speed-test web-site and check your real-world up/down speed. You > might be surprised > at the result. > Graham. > > Indeed i use www.speedtest.net to test my S2, and as you say the USB speed settings makes no difference. For some reason my defaults to 480kbps Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: Roger Mills on 1 Feb 2010 08:06
In an earlier contribution to this discussion, Dex <Dex(a)me.com> wrote: > Roger Mills wrote: >> I've reported on earlier occasions that my laptop always crashed as >> soon as I connected my S2 to it, even though the S2 worked ok with >> my desktop computer. >> >> The *good* news is that I have finally got the S2 to connect to the >> laptop without crashing it. I have done this by creating a Profile >> in which I've disabled all hardware which I don't actually need when >> connecting to the internet - including CD drive, floppy drive, >> serial and parallel ports, and internal modem. [Some time when I've >> got nothing better to do, I'll add them back in one at a time to >> find out which one is responsible for the crashes]. The *bad* news is >> that it insists on connecting at 115,200 bps - >> even though the dongle always connects at 3.6Mbps. >> >> When I go to Network Connections and look at Properties for the S2 >> modem, it's max speed is set at 115,200. It allows me to change it >> to around 900k (that's the highest it offers) - but when I re-start >> the modem, it's back to 115,200 - even after a re-boot. >> >> Help! > > > The S2 program will overwrite any settings made to your Network > Connections when it starts. > > You need to create a copy, rename it, create a shortcut and use that. > You might need to start the S2 program for the laptop so see the phone > as a modem, wait for the circle to turn green, close it then use your > shortcut. > > I would also advise using OpenDNS on the copied network connections, > it's faster than the one Three uses. > > http://www.opendns.com/ Thanks. I've done all that and have now got up to 900+k - so that's some improvement - but it still insists that it is a dial-up modem which it associates with COM4. Thanks for the reminder about opendns. I already use that on my main broadband connection, and have now pointed the S2 connection at it as well. -- Cheers, Roger ______ Email address maintained for newsgroup use only, and not regularly monitored.. Messages sent to it may not be read for several weeks. PLEASE REPLY TO NEWSGROUP! |