Mobile Internet is tricky

I finally managed to correctly configure my HTC 3600 (with an SFR contract, called SFR300+) to serve as a relay for my laptop connecting to Internet. I subscribed to Pass Surf 2.0 which gives me unlimited (under fair usage conditions for under 500MB/month) HTTP traffic for 9.90 euros/month via a WAP proxy FROM MY MOBILE. The usage I make (from my PC) is not allowed:), so be aware !

Case 1 : Use the wap proxy of SFR.

• I needed to configure my browser (Firefox) to use another user agent string (Nokia Series60/3.1) and a proxy (195.115.25.129:8080). The connexion betwee, the PC and the mobile can be done either via
• USB : the easiest way
• Bluetooth: you need to connect to the Bluetooth PAN (e.g. In Win XP, under Network Connections of the Control Panel)
• In both cases, on the phone, the bridge between the PC connection (USB or Bluetooth) and the mobile connexion (WAP) can be done using the small Internet Sharing program on the mobile (already installed as "Partage Internet" on my mobile). Detailed instructions found here and for a Mac here.
• Thereafter anytime you want to connect you should:
1. Prepare the web browser on the PC (user agent and proxy)
   
2. Launch the Internet Sharing program on the mobile and click connect
3. Connect the Bluetooth PAN on the PC
4. Go web surfing !
   

Case 2 : use a general data connection (WEB SFR GPRS)

• The WAP access allows you only to do HTTP via the proxy. If you want to use any other protocol (e.g. IMAP or POP3 for downloading emails) then you need to use WEB SFR (you pay for each connection, something like 1.5 euros/for the first MB, then 0.5 euros/MB)
• The same procedure as for the WAP apply for connecting.