Using your Palm as a wireless Modem. :) (Rogers AT&T)

I have read a couple of times that it was possible to use the my treo us a wireless modem for my laptop..
Since Rogers recently started selling the Iphone, their $30 dataplan is now 6 gigs!! (up from the just 200 mb)..
I REALLY REALLY wanted to see if I could do this.. (surf the internet on my laptop wirelessly).
first I purchased a USB Bluetooth adapter. the Dlink DBT-122..
It took me hours to finally find out the secret on how to use the "dial up networking"..
"pairing" the laptop and my treo 680 worked fine.. the rest I had to guess and find on the internet.
1.) The phone number to dial was *999***1#
2.) the username was :"wapuser1".. (which I took from my palm in the PREFERENCES::NETWORK)
a password wasnt needed,
Post relates to: Treo 680 (Rogers)

http://blog.treonauts.com/2007/02/palm_treo_softw.html
"USB Dial Up Networking (DUN) software for Palm OS smartphones is not compatible with Windows Vista at this time. This includes carrier-branded DUN software for Sprint and Verizon, as well as the software for Bell, Telus and other carriers."
From Treonauts
Post relates to: Centro (Sprint)

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