Re: Onboard Modem
On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 18:40 +0200, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 09:54 -0300, Fernando Augusto Bender wrote:
> > Fellows!
> >
> > Just to know it: Does somebody here experienced putting this onboard
> > modem to work on linux?
> >
> > I connect to Internet through LAN, but I want to try doing it with a
> > cell phone, as we got phone call credits from the Telco every month
> > which we do not use completely.
>
> Unless your cellphone allows you to put a phone line in it, this won't
> work. The only way in which you'll be able to use your computer modem
> to make a cellphone call, is to use a cellphone-to-landline converter of
> sorts. I think Nokia has such a beast - it takes your sim card, and you
> plug your ordinary phone or fax machine into it.
>
> Another option is a GSM modem (assuming you're on a GSM network). It
> sits on your serial port, like an ordinary modem, but does the
> conversion to cellphone language.
>
> Maybe there are other ways to do this with normal cellphone calls (as
> opposed to using GPRS or 3G or a similar technology), but I don't see
> you doing it with an ordinary cellphone and an ordinary modem.
>
> Hans
>
>
Fellow,
I have already managed this part.
I have got the so called converter, the same used to make PABX output
lines to make calls to cell phones form the same operaotr telephone
number. I am sure it works.
My problem resides in the mother board. I've just explained the
applicaiton in order to explain why - if I am already with an Internet
access - I still need another way to get it.
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