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. -- Ms. Eng. Fernando Augusto Bender Pesquisador em Controle Automático 51 8401 4413 Use Linux: http://www.debian.org Comer, beber e amar. O resto não vale um níquel. Lord Byron -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
