[Mageia-discuss] Tethering cellphone to laptop

[Marc Paré]

Hi

Le 2012-06-17 17:11, P. Christeas a écrit :
> On Sunday 17 June 2012, Marc Paré wrote:
>> I have a Nokia C3 cellphone with a SpeakOut data plan (Canada)
>> (unlimited data for $10/mo). Is there a way to tether my phone to the
>> laptop when I am on the road?
>>
>> Nokia offers its "Nokia Ovi Suite" for tethering on Win boxes but I
>> tried it with Wine and its no-go.
>>
> I think most Nokia phones (Symbian, for one) can do direct data connection
> from the laptop, w/o tethering.
>
> I have the X3-02. I have configured one ppp connection, using standard "ifcfg"
> + "/etc/ppp/peers" files for it.
> This means, over bluetooth, I can simply call "ifup ppp2" and get an internet
> connection wherever I am.
>
>
>

Could you describe the steps to doing this? This is all new territory to me.

Cheers,

Marc