On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:53:55 +0100, Mark Rogers mark@quarella.co.uk
To: alug-main main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: Re: [ALUG] Using Android phone as dial-up modem Message-ID: CADK3ZeF40qKGcxh=ezyAb=aPiTG6evz7O0N9qoYcKOWAeSFpEw@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On 28 August 2012 18:38, mick mbm@rlogin.net wrote:
I think tethering (be it over USB, wifi, or bluetooth) of the phone to a laptop will only give you access to the carrier's network connection. I don't think that the GSII has an analogue modem which will allow connection to a remote modem.
I wondered about that, but also wondered whether it needed specific hardware to do this; it can obviously connect to an analogue phone line just fine, surely after that it's just a case of sending the right "squawks" over the connection?
It's possible to access the built-in modem capability on a GSII:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471241
..but not simple unless your phone provider includes host drivers (which it seems some do).
Once you have the right modem device exposed, connecting it into PC Anywhere should be a breeze :)
Or you can look at soft modems like SpanDSP:
http://www.soft-switch.org/spandsp_faq/index.html http://www.soft-switch.org/spandsp-modules.html
with the audio paths physically connected through your mobile from the sound card, but that seems a bit silly when the GSM baseband chipset can already provide what you want, if the manufacturer will let you use it.
Phil.