Using Android phone as dial-up modem
Situation: PC running pcAnywhere, accessible via dial-up (you know that thing we used to use before broadband? :-) At present I have to be sat in my office (or somewhere with a phone line), using a laptop with a modem in it, to dial in to site (the site does not have Internet access). Can I use my Android mobile (Galaxy SII) as a traditional modem, eg via USB connection to PC? PC would ideally be Linux but I have pcAnywhere installed on both. Mark -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER
Hi, On 28 August 2012 17:05, Mark Rogers <mark@quarella.co.uk> wrote:
Can I use my Android mobile (Galaxy SII) as a traditional modem, eg via USB connection to PC? PC would ideally be Linux but I have pcAnywhere installed on both.
This might get you started (the specific mechanics as to how it is setup, I'm not sure): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethering Be sure to check the mobile contract to see if tethering is allowed. Now that you know the specific terminology for this, it should help you with subsequent searches. Regards, Srdjan
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 17:51:45 +0100 Srdjan Todorovic <todorovic.s@googlemail.com> allegedly wrote:
On 28 August 2012 17:05, Mark Rogers <mark@quarella.co.uk> wrote:
Can I use my Android mobile (Galaxy SII) as a traditional modem, eg via USB connection to PC? PC would ideally be Linux but I have pcAnywhere installed on both.
This might get you started (the specific mechanics as to how it is setup, I'm not sure):
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. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- blog: baldric.net fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 Note that I have recently upgraded my GPG key see: http://baldric.net/2012/07/20/gpg-key-upgrade/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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? Problem is that far too few people even remember what a modem-to-modem connection is these days, and with words like "modem" being very common it's hard to google for it (I also tried faxmodem as a query but didn't get much further). I guess what I need is to get the PC to respond to an incoming call, hang up, connect to the Internet (via dial-up), then be available via that (to pcAnywhere, LogMeIn, etc). Or I need to get the end user to stump up for a dedicated ADSL connection... Thanks Mick; unless anyone knows different I'm going to tell the EU that it can't be done. (Being limited to only providing remote support when I'm sat in the office is a bit of a limitation!) Mark -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:59:39 +0100 Mark Rogers <mark@quarella.co.uk> allegedly wrote:
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?
Mark I searched for "analogue modem emulator for android" and got this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8025113/android-as-dialup-fax-modem which suggests that it is not really a feasible option.
Problem is that far too few people even remember what a modem-to-modem connection is these days,
I remember all too well. Including acoustic coupling.
Thanks Mick; unless anyone knows different I'm going to tell the EU that it can't be done. (Being limited to only providing remote support when I'm sat in the office is a bit of a limitation!)
I'd guess that the EU can afford an ADSL connection. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- blog: baldric.net fingerprint: FC23 3338 F664 5E66 876B 72C0 0A1F E60B 5BAD D312 Note that I have recently upgraded my GPG key see: http://baldric.net/2012/07/20/gpg-key-upgrade/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On 28 August 2012 17:05, Mark Rogers <mark@quarella.co.uk> wrote:
Situation: PC running pcAnywhere, accessible via dial-up (you know that thing we used to use before broadband? :-)
At present I have to be sat in my office (or somewhere with a phone line), using a laptop with a modem in it, to dial in to site (the site does not have Internet access).
Can I use my Android mobile (Galaxy SII) as a traditional modem, eg via USB connection to PC? PC would ideally be Linux but I have pcAnywhere installed on both.
Back in the late 90s/early 2000s my Ericsson mobile phone could at as a modem to a PC and dial ISDN modems (e.g. at my ISP). If you still want to do this with plain old telephone lines then a random search turned up some of these: http://www.dabs.com/products/startech-com-usb-fax-modem-v-92-56k-7Y49.html Tim.
On 28-Aug-2012 20:40:49 Tim Green wrote:
On 28 August 2012 17:05, Mark Rogers <mark@quarella.co.uk> wrote:
Situation: PC running pcAnywhere, accessible via dial-up (you know that thing we used to use before broadband? :-)
At present I have to be sat in my office (or somewhere with a phone line), using a laptop with a modem in it, to dial in to site (the site does not have Internet access).
Can I use my Android mobile (Galaxy SII) as a traditional modem, eg via USB connection to PC? PC would ideally be Linux but I have pcAnywhere installed on both.
Back in the late 90s/early 2000s my Ericsson mobile phone could at as a modem to a PC and dial ISDN modems (e.g. at my ISP). If you still want to do this with plain old telephone lines then a random search turned up some of these: http://www.dabs.com/products/startech-com-usb-fax-modem-v-92-56k-7Y49.html
Tim.
One may have to program the interface oneself. From the above web-page: System Requirements Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows 7 (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows XP (32/64 bits), Microsoft Windows 8 (32/64 bits) (No driver information supplied). Ted. ------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding@wlandres.net> Date: 29-Aug-2012 Time: 09:25:58 This message was sent by XFMail -------------------------------------------------
Tim Green <timothy.j.green@gmail.com> wrote:
Back in the late 90s/early 2000s my Ericsson mobile phone could at as a modem to a PC and dial ISDN modems (e.g. at my ISP). If you still want to do this with plain old telephone lines then a random search turned up some of these: http://www.dabs.com/products/startech-com-usb-fax-modem-v-92-56k-7Y49.html
Sadly the problem isn't the lack of a modem but the lack of a phone line to connect it to, it at least it is when I'm out and about. There's two reasons I'd like to upgrade to ADSL; it makes my life easier (speed, convenience, etc), and now based on this conversation it increases my availability because I don't have to rely on a landline. I think the second one is the one to use with the EU; without it my biggest reason for suggesting he pay for an upgrade was my convenience. Mark -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG
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