Problem Accessing E-Mail with a PDA vial Eircom's ISP Service

Fear Dearg

Hi All,

I'm seeking advice on a problem with accessing my e-mail via a
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) - it's a Palm Tungsten T3.

The PDA connects with a Siemens S55 mobile via blutetooth.

Up to about 2 weeks ago the phone connection operated perfectly
- the number dialled was the Eircom "free" service - 1892
150150. Then the calls failed to connect at all.

I' ve spent loads of useless hours trying to get an answer to this
problem - including ringing the eircom help (sic) line - but got
nowhere.

The closest I've got to a solution followed calling into the
vodafone shop in Henry Street. An adviser gave some instructions
which seemed to make a bit of progress, but did not restore the
connection.

The relevant correspondence is pasted below - hoping that might
be of some help.
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Dear Keith,

Thanks again for your help.

I followed your very clear instructions, and the connection gets
established. The palm PDA initialises vodafone, and it signs on.


However, when I attempt to access my e-mail accounts, I receive
the following message after a minute or two :

"timeout. failed to connect to mail.oceanfree.net"

I checked the settings, and the password and other settings are
fine.

That is is a significant advance compared with what happens
when using my old connection - the number 1892150150 fails to
respond at all.

When I attempt to connect to the net using the "Palm Webpro"
programme on the handheld, I get the message :

"No DNS servers were specified. Please check that your
network conections are correct, and try again (Comm. 9)"

Have you any further suggestions that will help finally overcome
these problems? Also, I'd be interested to know the reason my
former dialup connection with the Eircom 1892 number no
longer operates.

Regards,


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Hi

Here are the connection settings and below is a ling to the
handset
settings,
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|Palm Tungsten T GPRS Bluetooth Siemens S55
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|Summary |
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|This document will show how to configure the Palm Tungsten T
for GPRS |
|internet connection Using the Siemens S55 over Bluetooth.
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|Procedure |
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|Bluetooth Configuration |
|1. Go to the menu on your phone select "bluetooth" and set to
"on" |
|2. On your Palm go to "Home" select "prefs" and
"Communications" |
|3. Select "Bluetooth" and ensure it is set to "on" |
|4. Set "device name" to a friendly name (e.g. My Palm)
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|5. Click "trusted devices" and select "Add Device" your phone
should be|
|detected and displayed in the list. |
|6. Select your phone and click "ok" |
|7. Enter a passkey on the palm (e.g. 1234) and select "ok" you
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|then be prompted to accept the connection on your phone click
"accept" and|
|then enter the same passkey and press "ok" and click "done"
twice on the |
|Palm |
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|Your Palm and Phone are now Paired |
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|GPRS Configuration |
|1. Select "connection" and select "new" give your connection a
friendly|
|name (e.g. voda-gprs) |
|2. "Connect to" "Modem" via "Bluetooth" |
|3. Tap in "device" and your Palm will search for available
bluetooth |
|devices |
|4. Select your phone from the list and click "ok" |
|5. Select "connect to" and set to "pc" and select "ok" and
"done" |
|6. Select "network" Select "new" in "service" enter "vodafone"
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|7. In "username" enter "vodafone" in "password" enter
"vodafone" |
|8. In "connection" select the "voda-gprs" connection you
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|earlier |
|9. Select "Details" select "script" and enter the following:
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|send : atz |
|send cr: |
|wait for : |
|send : at+cgdcont=1,"IP","isp.vodafone.ie" |
|send cr : |
|wait for : |
|send : at+cgatt=1 |
|send cr : |
|wait for : |
|send : atdt*99***1# |
|send cr : |
|end: |
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|Select "ok" twice and select "connect" |
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http://www.vodafone.ie/phonestariffs/allabout/menubuilder.jsp?
phone=SS55&type=settings

regards

Keith W Manning

Fear Dearg

The solution is to use the number +353876202222 - info from this board -thanks