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Using your P900 as a modem

Your P900 contains a complete GSM/GPRS modem, so you can use it to connect your PC to the Internet or corporate intranet.Your P900 appears to the laptop like a normal modem.

You link the laptop to your P900 using Bluetooth wireless technology, infrared, or cable (USB or serial).The connection over the air can be by any of the bearers that your P900 supports:

•GPRS

•HSCSD (High-speed Circuit Switched Data)

•CSD (Circuit Switched Data).

A Windows® modem driver file and a PC utility, the Dial-Up

Networking Wizard, is provided on your PC Suite for P900 CD. The

wizard will help you configure DUN (Dial-Up Networking) entries on your PC for GPRS and HSCSD connections.

Once paired with a Bluetooth-enabled laptop, your P900 is ready to make a connection to the Internet or corporate network. Because Bluetooth is wire-free and requires no line-of-sight alignment, you can place the laptop in a comfortable position and let your P900 remain in your pocket, briefcase, or even be placed up to 10 metres away.

If you wish to use an infrared link, the range is typically up to 1 metre. The two infrared ports must be kept in line of sight, at an angle of no more than approximately 30 degrees.

The Dial-Up Networking Wizard

The wizard simplifies creating GPRS DUN connections by setting the proper values in the PC DUN entry and linking the entry to one of the GPRS configurations in your P900. You can also view and modify the GPRS settings in the P900.

For HSCSD DUN entries, it updates the modem settings such that the specified data rate and type of bearer (ISDN / Analogue) will be used when you make a DUN connection.

You can view or change the DUN entries created with the wizard using the standard Windows® DUN user interface.

The Dial-Up Networking Wizard software included in the PC Suite for P900 must be installed in your PC and your P900 must be connected to the PC via cable, infrared or Bluetooth wireless technology. See ‘Connecting to other devices’ on page 128.

Make sure that you have any information concerning, for example, phone numbers, names of servers or domains, that the server that you want to connect to may require.

To set up a GPRS or HSCSD (High-Speed Circuit Switched Data) connection using the Dial-Up Networking Wizard

1.Start the Dial-Up Networking Wizard from the Sony Ericsson folder of the Start menu on your PC.

2.Choose Create a new Dial-Up connection.

3.Follow the instructions in the wizard.

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