HTC 2 user manual Using Your Phone As a Modem Wireless Modem, Before you proceed

100  Internet

8.8  Using Your Phone As a Modem (Wireless Modem)

Have you ever been in a situation where you couldn’t connect your notebook to the Internet because there isn’t an available LAN or Wi-Fi connection? With Wireless Modem, you can connect your phone’s wireless data connection to your computer via USB or Bluetooth, and use your phone as a wireless modem.

Before you proceed

•Make sure your phone has a data or dial-up modem connection. For more information about setting up these connections, see “Starting a data connection” and “Dial-up” in this chapter.

•To connect your device to a computer via USB, you must first install Windows Mobile Device Center or Microsoft ActiveSync version 4.5 or later on the computer.

•To use a Bluetooth connection, make sure your computer has built-in Bluetooth capability. If your computer does not have Bluetooth, you can connect and use a Bluetooth dongle.

Setting up your phone as a USB modem in Windows Vista® or Windows XP

To set up the phone as a USB modem, you must first install the modem driver on your computer and then activate your phone as a USB modem.

To install the wireless modem driver on the computer

1.Insert the Getting Started Disc into your CD drive. Select your language, click Additional Tools, and then click Wireless Modem Driver Installation.

2.Follow the on-screen instructions to install the USB modem driver. When installation completes, click Exit to close the installation program.

To activate your phone as a USB modem

Connect your phone to your notebook using the USB cable, then follow the steps below to activate your phone as a USB modem.

Note When you activate Wireless Modem, ActiveSync and Windows Mobile Device Center will be disabled automatically.

1.On your phone, tap Start > All Programs > Wireless Modem.

2.Under Connection Type, select USB.

3.Tap Menu > Start.

The next thing to do is to create a modem dial-up connection. The procedure for creating a modem dial-up connection is different for Windows Vista® and Windows XP. Refer to “Creating a modem dial-up connection” later in this chapter.

Setting up your phone as a Bluetooth modem in Windows Vista®

You can connect your phone to a notebook or desktop computer through Bluetooth and use the phone as a modem for the computer. To connect your phone to the computer through Bluetooth, your computer must be Bluetooth enabled or you must have a USB Bluetooth dongle.

To set up a Bluetooth connection between your phone and Windows Vista® computer

1.On your phone, turn on Bluetooth and set it to visible mode. See “To turn Bluetooth on and make your device visible” in Chapter 9 for details.

2.Connect a Bluetooth radio adapter on your computer. (Refer to the manufacturer’s documentation for details on how to install).

After a Bluetooth radio adapter is installed on your computer, the Control Panel and System Tray will have the Bluetooth Devices icon. Right-click this icon then click Open Bluetooth Settings.