VERIZON and Treo 700p Mac EVDO Tethering via DUN

Scouter1807

Notes:

1. I'm new, so please bear with me!
2. I just upgraded from a Treo 650 to a Treo 700P
3. I use VERIZON (most of the discussion I've found so far deals primarily with Sprint).
4. I have a MacBook PRO (OS X - fully up to date)

I upgraded the phone specifically so I could connect my MacBook PRO to the Internet using my National Access / Broadband connection (which I have subscribed to for some time for simple email checking with my 650). I checked (as many did) with both Palm and Verizon before buying the Phone, which I paid top dollar for, and BOTH said "No problem." BS.

So, I tried. I tried again. I used the silly "VZ-Access" Manager application. I used Mac's Internet Connect. Nope. So, I did the next logical thing and called Verizon. "We're sorry, the 700P will not work with macs." I said, "Not even in Bluetooth mode?" They said, "nope, not at all". I calmed down, explained that I had been told that it would work. He was attempting to be very helpful, but he was a Windows guy and the Mac guys were all busy and stayed that way for 30 minutes or so. In the meantime, we tried many things. Nothing. He then called Palm and bridged the call. "We're sorry, but the Treo 700P does not work with Macintosh." WHAT????? "Sir, you can try an app called Wirelessmodem and see if it works? Huh? "You suggest I go to someone else for software to make something work that you produce and then market as a working device?" Palm said, "Yes sir. That's what you have to do." Well, that app did nothing. I mean nothing and there is little or no support for it. By the way, I'm okay around Macs but I'm not an expert - far from it.

I am not kidding with the following statement: This has to work! Smile

I get to the point where it "appears" to connect to the network, and then tries to authenticate, then it says "failed" and that's that.

I'm open for anything here. My email address is MacBookBob@gmail.com in case someone wants to try and work with me that way. Please? This cannot be the case - is it?

Thanks for bearing with me...

Bob

Michael · Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:34 am Post subject:

Bob, welcome to EVDOforums.

We already have discussion on this topic in the following thread:

[url=Treo 700p Mac EVDO Tethering via DUN]http://www.evdoforums.com/about2472.html[/url]

TO keep EVDOforums better organized, lets move this discussion to that already existing thread and this thread will now be locked.
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