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Question:

how to connect to internet using a data cable and a mobile phone?

i have an hp (vista) i can surf the web just fine, but i cannot access chat programs and ever so often the dial up connection box comes up, making it appear that i've been kicked off the net, what to do?

Answer:

If you are using latest Linux Distribution the phone gets detected as USB Modem when you plugin through Data Cable. You need to configure it by using wvdial configuration utility. You need to be a root user for this. The command is as follows: wvdialconf /etc/wvdial nf If you are using Ubuntu use sudo: $ sudo wvdialconf /etc/wvdial nf After configuration is done you need to open the configuration file through the following command (again as root: gedit /etc/wvdial nf or using sudo on Ubuntu $ sudo gedit /etc/wvdial nf Enter phone no to be dialled, username and password after sign in the relevant fields and save the file. For connecting use the command wvdial or on Ubuntu $ sudo wvdial

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