MBP won't recognize tethered Verizon LG handset

I am traveling through the US for a few months and have an LG handset that can be tethered as a modem to a computer.
When I was given the handset a few months ago, I plugged it into my MBP (running Leopard .8) and the network preferences immediately recognized that the handset was connected although I couldn't do anything with it at the time.
I activated the handset today at a Verizon store and have now spent over two hours trying to make it work. My MBP won't recognize the handset. I downloaded the VZ Access Manager software and tried an auto detect but it's also not seeing my handset. It doesn't show up under the System Profiler either.
What am I missing?
Thank you,
Rae

Never mind; it turns out you need to restart your handset a couple of times. It's still not working, but at least the computer recognizes the handset is there, so that's progress.
Rae

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