Bluetooth dialup howto

I've gotten a number of e-mails asking how specifically I setup my Bluetooth phone to dial up under OS X. I'm an AT&T Wireless customer and I use a Sony Ericsson T616, so these instructions are specific to that environment. Kevin Railsback in our IT group sent me these instructions via e-mail back in December, and I can't seem to find a link to these instructions on the web, so I'm posting them in their entirety (and preformatted so I won't have to pretty them up with HTML).

I used these instructions to get my setup working under Panther and using the built-in Bluetooth adapter in my PowerBook, so these instructions didn't apply 100% to my environment but still helped me get things working.

GPRS Set Up Information


GPRS Instructions for connecting your Apple Mac OS X Series 

and the Sony Ericsson T616 using the D-Link Bluetooth USB Adaptor 

DBT-120.

Prerequisites

This configuration requires Mac OS X 10.2 or higher and the D-Link 

DWB-120 USB Bluetooth Adapter, which can be purchased directly from 

Apple at http://www.apple.com.  No extra software is needed as the 

Bluetooth adapter is supported natively within Mac OS X 10.2.

Setting up the handset

1.    On the handset, press the joystick to get to the icon main menu.

2.    Scroll to Connect and press Select.

3.    Scroll to Bluetooth and press Select.

4.    Scroll to Turn On and press Select.

5.    Scroll to Options and press Select.

6.    Scroll to Visibility and press Select.

7.    Scroll to Show Phone and press Select.

Pairing the devices

1.    Open the Bluetooth icon in System Preferences.

2.    Click the Discoverable option in the Settings tab and click the 

Show Bluetooth status in the menu bar option.

3.    Click the Paired Devices tab and then click the New button.  The 

Bluetooth software will now try to locate the device.

4.    Wait until the scan is finished in the Pair window, then select 

the handset and clickPair. 

5.    The handset will prompt for the option to Add to linked devices?. 

Press the Yesbutton to continue.

6.    Enter a password on the computer when prompted. This can be any 

four-digit number. (The same number will be entered on the handset when 

you are prompted to do so.)

7.    Once pairing is completed, a dialog box appears on the computer 

with options for using the handset. Select Internet Access from the 

list of options and click OK.

8.    The handset is now successfully paired with the computer and 

ready for you to configure the GPRS connection.



Setting up the connection

1.    In System Preferences, click the Network icon.

2.    In the Location: drop-down menu, select New Location… to create a 

new profile. 

3.    When prompted for a name, type AT&T GPRS and click OK. 

4.    In the Show: drop-down menu select USB Bluetooth Modem Adaptor.

5.    Click the TCP/IP tab and select Using PPP in the Configure: 

drop-down menu.

6.    Click the PPP tab and type *99***1# in the Telephone Number: 

field.  Leave theAccount Name: and Password: fields blank.

7.    Click the PPP Options button.

8.    Uncheck Send PPP Echo Packets, then click OK.

9.    Click the Bluetooth Modem tab. 

10.   Select Ericsson Infrared in the Modem: drop down menu. 

11.   Un-tick Enable error correction and compression in modem and the 

Wait for dial tone options. 

12.   Tick both the Show Bluetooth status in menu bar and Show modem 

status in menu bar options. 

13.   Click Apply Now to apply the changes.

14.   Click Quit System Preferences from the System Preferences menu to 

exit.

 

Making the connection

1.    Click the Modem status icon on the top right corner of the menu 

bar and clickConnect to establish the connection.

2.    The Modem status icon will display a time stamp and notify you 

that the connection has been established.

You will now be connected to the AT&T Wireless GPRS service.