I have Skype runing fine on my PDA2K using WIFI however it doesn't seem to work at all well when I have only a GPRS connection.
I have a Vodafone SE V800 3G/UTMS phone and had 3G data working with an IPAQ 5550 although didn't get a chance to try it with Skype before getting my PDA2K.
Unfortunately the dialup networking client option that was in the bluetooth manager on the IPAQ appears to be missing on the PDA2K. Somebody has done this before on a XDA II see http://en.pdamobiz.com/en/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=58&PN=1
however it looks like it is with an old version of the MS BT stack which I cannot load on to my device.
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Using broadcom BT-PPC/PE version 1.0.0 Build 3500
Any ideas.
Graham :?
Which GPRS service offering are you using? If you are using the bulk MediaNet from Cingular then I suspect if won't work. That GPRS connection is designed to support WAP and email only, so it only allows the use of certain ports. I don't know which ports SKYPE uses, but I don't think it's limited to Port 80.
It is Vodafone UK's mobile connect 3G/GPRS solution which on 3g is up to 384kbps download and it hands over to GPRS when outside of 3G coverage. I doesn't appear to be limited to specific ports as it works with HTTP, VPN, POP3, IMAP. There is an option to use Port 80 on the PC Skype app but I can't see that option on the pocket PC. At the moment I can't get even get my PDA2K to connect to my phone other than through a serial port. I will test Skype with a PC connected to my 3G phone to see if the data side works however it would be great for other apps if I could use the speedier 3G data connection through my PDA2K
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It is Vodafone UK's mobile connect 3G/GPRS solution which on 3g is up to 384kbps download and it hands over to GPRS when outside of 3G coverage. I doesn't appear to be limited to specific ports as it works with HTTP, VPN, POP3, IMAP. There is an option to use Port 80 on the PC Skype app but I can't see that option on the pocket PC. At the moment I can't get even get my PDA2K to connect to my phone other than through a serial port. I will test Skype with a PC connected to my 3G phone to see if the data side works however it would be great for other apps if I could use the speedier 3G data connection through my PDA2K
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The PDA2K is a 2.5G device - so 3G will not be possible through it.
Are you able to connect to other non-web services via your GPRS connection such as email or msn or the likes? I know with O2 you have an O2 Active connection for web/wap and Mobile Internet for everything else.
You could try to get a freeware telnet client and telnet to the skype server on port 80 to see if it can resolve and reach it - this is one way to prove if your connection will allow it.
Both O2 2.5G (PDA2k) and my Vodafone 3G connections (v800) work no problem. I have a connection from my PDA2K to my 3G phone using the 3G modem in the V800 phone across the infrared connection and Skype connects and works. I however want to use Bluetooth rather than infrared as I have to hold my v800 phone right opposite the infrared port on my PDA2K for it all to work. I can't however find a way to create a bluetooth dial up networking connection to my V800 on the PDA2K. On my IPAQ 5550 I had a Bluetooth dial-up connection to the same phone and it worked fine on 3G. :roll:
they troubleshooted that problem at some time (Bt dial up) of our BT
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GPRS is not fast enough for making a skype call. It would also cost you a *fortune* in GPRS useage charges!!
3G is find in the down direction, but for VoIP, upstream is just as important. Anyone know what Voda 3G does upstream?
Nigel
veletron said:
GPRS is not fast enough for making a skype call. It would also cost you a *fortune* in GPRS useage charges!!
3G is find in the down direction, but for VoIP, upstream is just as important. Anyone know what Voda 3G does upstream?
Nigel
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I was talking on skype over GPRS yesterday. Worked flawlessly. No delay on voice and no cutting of voice.
True, with the wrong GPRS plan you run up a cost, but otherwise it works fine.
3G's major flaw is the bandwidth limitation per AP. At 2mbit it just doesn't work well in populated areas. Besides, most 3G operators frown upon VoIP and file transfers over their network, hence trying to block it. Skype is hard to block since it cleverly looks for open ports, however, that causes voice cutouts and delays.
Hah! Try T-Mobile GPRS lmao. There is no way you can use SKYPE with TMO in US. NO WAY! If someone says you can there are full of sh.. I have a PDA2K and a XDA IIs. I tested them both with GPRS and it sounds like shi.. The only way SKYPE will work with no problems is with WIFI.
Vodafone 3G here in the UK maximum upload speed is 64kbps which IMHO should be enough for SKYPE latency could be a problem though. Unfortunately no futher forward in getting my PDA2K to dial up to 3G phone using Bluetooth. Does anybody know of a cradle that can hold the PDA2K and V800 so that the infrared ports face each other :lol:
Buying an xda2s and will join soon
You might look a bit like dom jollie when walking down the street though LOL. I use a voip and sip client on my 5550 and use this by the multitude of wifi access points around London.I have a voip pbx back at the office that i connect to and make calls from(out to the real world not to just other skype users) I have tried skype over GPRS 3G and wifi and found because of the limited bandwidth it worked in lumps of seconds at a time but was not consistant enough to be able to hold a conversation for longer than a couple of seconds (via gprs - Voda uk) and 3Gwork slightly smoother but still not as consistant as on wifi.This i can only put down to congestion on the networks.. Anyway i suppose i ambiased as i have access to pbx voip remotely..Another cheap way to make calls..LOL :lol:
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Marquee
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All,
My laptop has bluetooth and I would like to use this connection with my BA to make a dial up to a connection to an ISP. Is this possible? I know there are guides to use the BA as a connection to my GPRS connection, but this is not what I want.
In fact, I actually want to install the BA as a 'modem' in Windows XP, as I will be using NetOp to actually dial the number. I feel I am close, but not quite there. I figure it may be that I need initialization commands, but the only guides I can see are for the GPRS connection. I want my BA to do the screechy thing to another Dial-Up modem.
Any ideas would be appreciated.
Darren
So, after some hours of reading, I decided not to use bluetooth for modem, but I'd like to use my XDA Trion with LVSW 3.30 WM6 as a modem with usb cable.
I have XP, and a laptop.
This rom doesn't contains Wireless Modem icon.
I tried to swith off active sync usb connection, after I got a USB device, name: "HTC USB Sync"
But this is not a modem, and I cannot use it as a modem.
I read about on Xda-Wiki from a USB modem dialer, but I tried, it uses own old USB modem, so this USB Sync doesnt work with this.
I am also not sure, that this is a modem what I need.
I have a UMTS/HSPDA simcard inside, it works perfectly with XDA Trion, but I also would like to use it as a modem.
Anyone can make me clear what I have to do?
Thanks in advance.
Internet Connection Sharing
It is now called Internet Connections Sharing!!! I have used it once or twice and it does work.
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It is now called Internet Connections Sharing!!! I have used it once or twice and it does work.
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I didn't think, that this is so easy, but works perfectly.
Thanks
Any info on this please?
Was working fine with Vista lappy on WM5 but can't get it working with WM6. Any pointers appreciated.
Thanks
I noticed 'internet sharing' application in WM6 does not support IR, but only Bluetooth and USB. Anyway to enable IR connectivity for wireless modem like in WM5?
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I noticed 'internet sharing' application in WM6 does not support IR, but only Bluetooth and USB. Anyway to enable IR connectivity for wireless modem like in WM5?
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IR isn't on the list for ICS because it's not stable enough for a "routed" data connection. BT Pan is by far the easiest,USB is not subject to BT interference. If it isn't in the list, you're going to have to use what is. (states the obvious)
hello again,
i want the artemis use as a modem! i need to have a bluetooth modem in windows. i dont want it for internet purposes. i know there is a internet sharing option over bluetooth pan in wm6. but i'm talking about a real modem in windows, to do calls and send fax or even to recieve fax. it has to be a serial port connection. i think in wm5 it was called MODEM LINK.
any ideas???
ok i found a software calles "USB Modem". thanks for your "help"!! :-(
I bought a bluetooth 56k model for my vista PC so I can at last fax properly - and I'd like to be able to take it to those places where there is no wifi, 3g, gprs or even gsm so I can connect to the internet from my Touch Pro 2 via a landline
I used to do this for fun with my Universal and a Psion travel modem via IR - but what with progress and all the TP2 has no IR :-(
I can pair the bluetooth modem with my TP2 and it lists a serial port but only lets me allocate COM2 or some BT ports to it, but when in Connections I try and add a dial up it only lists COM1 Hayes Compatible as an available port.
Does anyone know how I can get the modem on a port that I can make a connection with? Is there a setting somewhere or do I need a hack?
Thanks
John