This is a step by step guide to connecting to the internet using a Bluetooth enabled mobile phone. It assumes you already have a Bluetooth enabled laptop or have installed a BT dongle. These screenshots are from Windows XP but other versions will have similar information. You can use this setup to dial using GSM to an ISP at 9600bps or GPRS with internet provided by your mobile company at approx 40kbps. The same setup will also let you access 3G 2100MHz services at up to 384kbps and the now superceded CDMA 1x network at 140kbps. I don't know if this will work with Telstra's new "nextG" network but most probably will BUT apparently it is not recomended to use Bluetooth with data rates as high as those that occur on the 3G HSDPA (High-Speed Downlink Packet Access) 2100MHz (Vodafone Au) and 850MHz (Telstra nextG) networks and a dedicated PCMCIA card modem would be advisable or USB2 adapter when/if available.

Locate “My Bluetooth Places" on your desktop and right click then select “open” from the drop down menu

This is what you will see in “My Bluetooth Places”. Yours may be empty if you have not as yet used BT for any devices and it may not have the Belkin menu on the side, that will be determined by your Bluetooth device driver.

Select “Search for devices in range” and you will get a result similar to below. Be sure your mobile phone is in decoverable mode before doing this.

Right click on the cellular phone device shown and select “Pair Device” from the drop down menu.

You will be asked to enter a code to pair with your phone, just type 0000 and select OK. You will be prompted to enter this code on your handset and accept pairing with your computer.

Now right click on your device and select “Discover Available Services “ from the drop down menu.

The result will be similar to this.

Right click on the Dial-up-networking service and select “Create Shortcut” from the drop down menu.

Click on OK to place a shortcut in “My Bluetooth Places”.

Go back to “My Bluetooth Places” and it should look like this.

Now go to “Network Connections” from the Start Menu using “Start~Settings~Control Panel~Network Conmnections” and right click on the “Bluetooth Connection” and select “Create Shortcut” from the drop down menu.

Select “Yes” to create a desktop shortcut.

Before you leave here right click on the “Bluetooth Connection” icon again and select "Properties". You will now be able to insert the correct dial up number for your mobile service provider and your handset usually *99# for GPRS/3G and #777 for CDMA. If you wish to connect to an ISP you can put your ISP’s telephone number in here but remember you will only be connected at circuit switched speed of 9600bps (14400bps CDMA). Tick the box for "Show icon in notification area when connected" Any other settings can be set here but should be left at default unless there is specific instructions from your mobile service company. After you have tried your connection you can untick the "Prompt for name and password" option if you selected remember name and password when you dial in. Generally the name and password will be blank but that is network dependant and should be obtained from your mobile service company.

Finally you will now have a shortcut like this on your desktop. You can customize it by right clicking on it and from the drop down menu “Rename” and if you want to you can select “Properties” and select a suitable Icon like those I have below. Right click on the icon below if you want to use the Telstra, Vodafone, Three or Optus Icons. Then chose "Save Target As..." from the drop down menu and save to your computer for use taking note of where you saved it.

Congratulations !! All going well you can now connect to the internet by double clicking on your new shortcut.