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Getting started with Internet and Messages
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3. Choose your P908 as the modem.
4. Select the port where the P908 is connected.
5. Confirm the selection. A new DUN connection has been
created.
Connecting
To connect using a DUN entry created by the wizard
1. If you are connecting by cable, set your P908 to
Modem
cable
connection mode, see
2. Use any conventional method to make a connection:
– Click the Desktop shortcut created by the wizard.
– Select the entry from within the system DUN folder.
– Run an application that has built-in support for using
DUN entries (for example a browser or e-mail client).
GPRS - connection information
Icons on the status bar let you overview the information on data
connection calls.
A combined signal strength and GPRS signal icon provides
information on the GPRS service status. The GPRS connection
status appears above the signal strength icon. There are three
states for the icon, unavailable ,
available
and
attached
.
The HSCSD/CSD
and GPRS
icons are displayed during
a data connection. Where GPRS is suspended, for example, the
GPRS suspended state is indicated by a combined icon
.
There are three states for the GPRS icon: Active
,
active transferring data (alternates between
and
)
and suspended
. Any data transfer either received or sent
activates the GPRS active icon for 5 seconds.
Connection information
When you select the data connection icon, during an active data
connection, a menu appears with the choices
Information
and
Disconnect
.
•
Select
Information
to view information on the connection.
•
Select
Disconnect
to end the connection.
GPRS status information
When the signal strength icon is selected, network, GPRS status
information and, if applicable, GPRS error text appear.
GPRS data log
A new GPRS data log entry is created when a GPRS account
establishes a connection for the first time. It does not wait for
transfer data. If there is an existing data log associated with the
current GPRS connection, this is updated.
