Instructions on getting FREE wireless internet from T-Mobile using GPRS - Page 14

Arathranar · 09-11-2005, 10:21 PM

Woohoo! I tried some more PCs and found that the only one that actually worked was my laptop. The other 3 I'd tried (including car PC) were all running Windows Media Center and the one I thought I'd succeeded on was just in the strange connected but not connected state.

So I set up a new PC with Windows XP Pro and had no problems getting a working GRPS Internet connection. So I pulled out my car PC, plugged in a laptop cd drive and reinstalled it with Windows XP Pro. I now have a working GPRS Internet connection in my car now!!

I am now both very pleased and very ****ed off about all the time I wasted yesterday because Windows Media Center didn't work properly.

Arathranar · 09-13-2005, 12:48 AM

I'm getting there.

I think I've got it working so that laptops in my car connecting the WAP of my PC now get automatically configured (if IE is configured to do so) to use the correct proxy. Here's what I did that seems to have got that working:
1. Installed IIS on car PC (part of XP Pro but not installed by default).
2. Copied a wpad.dat file that specifies the proxy to the web site root.
3. Set up hosts & lmhosts files (not sure which is needed) to point the host 'wpad' at 192.168.0.1
4. Set up XP's internet connection sharing of the T-mobile GPRS connection to the local network via the wireless.
5. Set the alternate IP for the wireless to be 192.168.0.1 - required to get the DHCP to work. Wait a minute for it to take effect

.
6. Make the wireless act as a WAP instead of a station (this is still a manual step since it doesn't persist across a hibernate

).

Somewhere along the way it started working although Outlook didn't seem to want to connect over this solution whereas it has been working fine when the bluetooth dongle was on the laptop. That might just be the exchange server being a bit too slow though.

hateeecs · 09-13-2005, 01:31 PM

Hey All,

I'm trying to jump on this bandwagon as well.

I am running an Aircard 750, with a TM2G sim. I am able to create a dial up connection using the instructions in this thread. I am able to connect to the network and obtain an ip address.

Next, I set the proxy for the connection to be
216.155.165.50 port 8080 in firefox.

However, when I try and access a site I am prompted to save a file. Upon inspection of this file, it is simply some XML saying that I don't have access to this feature. Any ideas?

Thanks,
-Chris

Arathranar · 09-13-2005, 01:40 PM

Well, you could actually read the thread and find the answer yourself or you could wait to be spoon fed.

<spoonfeeding>
You need to pay T-Mobile at least $4.99 (may now be 5.99) for more than the free T-Zones access. If you only have the free T-zones, you'll get an XML file telling you that you have pay them money to get the service.
</spoonfeeding>

hateeecs · 09-13-2005, 02:10 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Arathranar

Well, you could actually read the thread and find the answer yourself or you could wait to be spoon fed.

<spoonfeeding>
You need to pay T-Mobile at least $4.99 (may now be 5.99) for more than the free T-Zones access. If you only have the free T-zones, you'll get an XML file telling you that you have pay them money to get the service.
</spoonfeeding>

Nice attitude. I did read the thread. It is more than 10 pages long with many posts like the one you quote that seem to contradict each other. (Rafster's posts seem to indicate TM2G success) The XML files does not say "pay us money to get service" it says "feature not in plan". I realize there are similar, but they are not the same.

Arathranar · 09-13-2005, 02:13 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by hateeecs

The XML files does not say "pay us money to get service" it says "feature not in plan". I realize there are similar, but they are not the same.

Yep, I paraphrased to the true meaning.

Arathranar · 09-13-2005, 02:15 PM

BTW - This was the post you needed to read:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...6&postcount=71

Arathranar · 09-13-2005, 02:16 PM

And the lead up in post 69:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...6&postcount=69

hateeecs · 09-13-2005, 02:24 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Arathranar

And the lead up in post 69:
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/show...6&postcount=69

Um...yeah. So have you actuallly tried tmobile to go? Based on your posts I am led to believe that you did not as you were able to "add" the 4.99 feature. You can't do that with TM2G as far as I know. There are posts on this thread that suggest that you can get this to work with TM2G.

Arathranar · 09-13-2005, 02:52 PM

Ah, I see. That's was TM2G meant. That's bad news then - I was hoping to go the to go route at some point with a dedicated phone in the car

.

P.S. I'm sorry for my attitude above. I'm having a really crappy day at work.

hateeecs · 09-14-2005, 04:24 PM

Well,

Not much new to report. I am able to connect and can access the web content that they allow in the tzones menu. However, outside of that. Nanda.

Calling support, they claim to not support random we access for t-mobile to go accounts. Dang.

-Chris

David7586 · 09-19-2005, 06:32 PM

has anyone else tried this chime in to verfiy it works? im about to bite, but waiting for a concrete solution.

hateeecs · 09-19-2005, 07:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by David7586

has anyone else tried this chime in to verfiy it works? im about to bite, but waiting for a concrete solution.

This seems to be the current situation:

tmobile to go (prepaid) - can't access much of anything (just what is in tzones)

tmobile contract with 5 dollar internet option - can access more of tzones, can access stuff by going through the proxy. You can also work this further by creating a tunnel through such a connection...

tmobile contract with 20 dollar inetnet option - this is a striaght up way to get internet access.

Wiredwrx · 09-20-2005, 01:38 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by hateeecs

This seems to be the current situation:

tmobile to go (prepaid) - can't access much of anything (just what is in tzones)

tmobile contract with 5 dollar internet option - can access more of tzones, can access stuff by going through the proxy. You can also work this further by creating a tunnel through such a connection...

tmobile contract with 20 dollar inetnet option - this is a striaght up way to get internet access.

I have full access with a 2.99 Tzones package. Using the proxy and the Opera Browser, I can get almost anywhere. The issue usually occurs because the opera browser is not supported, but otherwise, I surf away when I want/need to.

Michael

P.S. Just used it this morning on the way to work, cause I was late because of the "horrible

" SoCal rain.

hateeecs · 09-20-2005, 01:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Wiredwrx

I have full access with a 2.99 Tzones package. Using the proxy and the Opera Browser, I can get almost anywhere. The issue usually occurs because the opera browser is not supported, but otherwise, I surf away when I want/need to.

Is 2.99 the current price? Not being a tmobile contract customer I don't think that I can find the current price. I think I remember reading that 3 dollars was the grandfathered user price and that new was 5 bucks.

Also, with the proxy all you can do is http (unless you tunnel of course) right?
(no https, ssh, etc, etc)

Thanks for the info.
-Chris