(keitai-l) Re: Dialup networking with iMode.

From: Thomas O'Dowd <tom_at_uwillsee.com>
Date: 04/13/00
Message-ID: <20000413152445.R30581@garman.uwillsee.com>
On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 03:08:50PM +0900, Renfield Kuroda wrote:
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> Stuart Andrews wrote:
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> > I am a new subscriber to this mailing list (as of yesterday) and I find the
> > information very useful. After checking your archives, I found a wealth of
> > information which, not being totally fluent in Japanese, has been hard to
> > get otherwise.
> >
> > I have a couple of questions which I am hoping someone may be able to help
> > me with.
> >
> > A bit of background...
> > Currently we have an application which allows a user to program a home
> > controller for security, HVAC and HA applications. The system is usually
> > accessed by keypads, telephones (using standard DTMF key commands) or remote
> > controls. Recently we developed a browser based interface whereby a user can
> > access the system using a commonly used browser like Netscape Navigator or
> > Internet Explorer. The server itself runs on a Windows PC but in the future
> > will be embedded in a web appliance (for reliability and power saving
> > reasons). Currently we access the system by dialling into a home PC (set-up
> > as a dialup server) with a modem connection.
> >
> > Questions:
> > 1. Can iMode enabled phones access a standard PC set-up as a dialup server?
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> No.
> I-Mode handsets are hard-coded to connect only to the I-Mode gateway. Short of a
> ROM and/or physical hack I don't think it can be done...

Maybe a vicious rumour (haven't checked the Nokia page), but I seems to remember
hearing that the NM502i had an analog modem built in?

Tom.
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Thomas O'Dowd
tom@uwillsee.com
Received on Thu Apr 13 09:31:34 2000