Finally I’m using internet service from Airtel. After doing a lot of market research for a phone worth my money, I bought a Nokia 3110c. So How to connect to internet after buying a mobile which allows you to surf through it and can be connected to your PC ?? Some models are there which allow you to surf through mobile but won’t let you to connect to PC and surf. Be careful about that .
After getting a Airtel connection , type Internet active and send to 121. You will get a SMS in reply saying that your internet account has been activated. Now call your customer care and ask them to send settings for your handset. If they are not able to recognize your mobile , they will tell you how to set your mobile. Normally Nokia mobiles will be recognized. You can also get your settings by typing MO to 54321[This is working in West Bengal. I'm not sure about other places.]
Now I am explaining step by step procedure to setup a connection to dial-up your Mobile as modem. Let’s get into steps:
1.Go to “Start–>Control Panel”.
2.Click on “Network & Internet Connections”.
3.Under header “Pick a task” click on “Create a connection to the network at your workspace”.
4.Now you will get “New Connection Wizard dialog box, select “Dial-up connection” & click next.
5.Dialog will ask for “Connection Name”, give whatever you would like to. I had given “airtelgprs”.
6.It asks for “Phone Number”, enter number as “*99***1#” .
7.If you want select to put a shortcut on desktop (Preferred) & finish setup.
Now you will see a shortcut saying “airtelgprs” (In my case) on desktop. Make sure you
installed your phone drivers (Nokia PC suite) & connect your phone through data cable or blue-tooth or infrared.
Double click the icon on desktop, leave blank “User name” & “Password” fields & click “Dial”. One message will pop-up to confirm its connected. Following are few points to check if not connected:
1.Check whether modem drivers for your phone are installed. Normally this will come with your phone’s PC Suite. Installing PC Suite will install all required drivers.
2.Check whether your phone could be used as modem or not.
3.You need to activate “Mobile Office” service of Airtel to connect. Other services like “Airtel Live” & “NOP/Airtel Online” will not work for this connection.
4.If you are getting message “Modem not responded”, try restart your mobile & reconnect it.
Satisfying all above points you will sure be able to connect to internet. Dialing *123*10#, you can check your internet balance.
