====== Tether Your Blackberry ======

//From: www.crackberry.com: //

Verify that you have the Desktop Manager version 4.2 and the software bundle that came with the handheld installed on your computer.

Query the modem, using the modems properties:

  - Click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
  - Double-click on Phone and modem options.
  - Click on the Modems tab.
  - Left-click on the modem installed above. (Standard Modem or Standard Modem over Bluetooth)
  - Click Properties.
  - Click the Diagnostics tab.
  - Click Query Modem.
  - If dialog shows in the empty box, the modem is responding, then continue with the below steps. Otherwise contact WDS Tier III.
  - Click the Advanced tab.
  - Check the Extra Initialization Command feild and ensure it is correct.

Enter the initialization command:

  - From your computer, click Start.
  - Click Control Panel.
  - Click Phone and Modem Options.
  - Click the Modems tab.
  - Scroll to Standard Modem.
  - Click Properties.
  - Click the Advanced tab.
  - In the Extra Initialization Command field, enter the following:

===== IMPORTANT SPECIAL CONFIGURATION STEP: =====


Add only ONE of the following Extra initialization commands with the appropriate carrier specific command:

**TMOBILE USA:**

+cgdcont=1,"IP","wap.voicestream.com"

**Rogers Users:**

+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet.com"

**Cingular Blue/AT&T:**

+cgdcont=1,"IP","proxy"

**Cingular Orange:**

+cgdcont=1,"IP","ISP.CINGULAR"

**UK Vodafone:**

+cgdcont=1,"IP","internet"

**Verizon** - Keep blank

**Nextel/Telus** iDEN (untested) - Keep blank

**Sprint/Bell Mobility** CDMA (untested) - Keep blank


===== Create dial-up networking : =====


  - From your computer, click Start, Settings, Control Panel, then Network Connections.
  - Click Create a new connection, then Next.
  - Select Connect to Internet.
  - Select Set up my connection manually.
  - Select Connect using a dial-up modem.
  - Select the Standard Modem, then Next.
  - Enter T-Mobile as the ISP Name.
  - Enter *99# as the Phone number.
  - Click Next.
  - Leave the User name and Password feilds blank.
  - Deselect all the optional check boxes in the bottom portion of this window.
  - To create the connection, click Finish.
  - In the Connect window, click Properties.
  - In the Properties window, verify that Modem - Standard Modem appears beneath the Connect using heading, then click Configure.
  - In the Modem Configuration window, clear the Enable hardware flow control check box and make sure none of the other check boxes are selected. 
  - Click OK. In the Properties window, click OK.
  - In the Connect window, select Save this user name and password for the following users.
  - Select the appropriate option.
  - Confirm that the BlackBerry Desktop Manager is running.
  - Open the web browser and navigate to any website to test the connection.


*IMPORTANT: BlackBerry Desktop Manager must be running, or error 692 will appear during the dial up attempt. (i have 1 connection set for the standard modem, usb cable, & 1 connection set for the standard modem over bluetooth and have no problems getting a connection without connecting to desktop manager)

If the laptop/PC connects but Internet Explorer does not, follow these steps:

  - From Internet Explorer, click Tools, then Internet Options....
  - Click the Connections tab.
  - From Dial-up and Virtual Private Network settings, select T-Mobile.
  - Click Set Default.
  - Select Dial whenever a network connection is not present.
  - Click OK.
  - Click OK again.

That should do it!!