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I just spoke a friend who asked me whether I knew how to use a Nokia N95 wirelessly as modem for his Mac.

Funny thing is that I am bound to go on a short business trip where I was looking for the same. My Powerbook does not have any 3G dongle or wahtsoever and I too happen to have a plan with Vodafone…

FYI: I am using an Apple Powerbook G4 15″ with the latest update of Leopard (10.5.2) and a Nokia N95-1 with the one-but-last firmware (my bad, still have to update)

So, I searched a few forums and blogs and found the following to do for setting this up (to be clear: aim is to use a Nokia N95 as UMTS modem to connect a Apple/Mac to the internet…):

1. Go to “Ross Barkman’s Home page” and download the Nokia 3G scripts for UMTS & EDGE
2. Copy the 3 CID files into Library/Modem Scripts in Finder
3. Use the “Setup Bluetooth device” wizard to connect your Nokia N95 to your Mac. Make sure to tick the box with “Access the Internet with your phone’s data connection”.
4. In the last step, enter the following details (! Mind you, this is for Netherlands and Vodafone only! For other countries + operators, please check this list)
   • Phone vendor: Nokia
   • Phone Model: GPRS (GSM/3G)
   • Username: vodafone
   • Password: vodafone
   • APN: live.vodafone.com
   • CID: 1
5. That’s it. Click “continue” and finalize the wizard.

Now, when you have your phone connected by Bluetooth and select “connect Bluetooth” in your Mac’s modem prefs… it automatically connects over UMTS using your phone’s bluetooth connection.

Easy does it and I am ready to go!

bluetooth, connection, modem, n95, nokia, UMTS

This post originates from: N95blog.com

Using the Nokia N95 as modem for a Mac over Bluetooth on Vodafone Live in Holland

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Original post by jan