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I have a Nokia E61 mobile phone with 3G internet connection. When I connect it to the computer via USB cable and choose IP pasthrough, this line appears in the list of network connections:

Wired network (Nokia E61 (RNDIS))

This option is disabled, I can not choose it. What should I do to allow connection of the computer to the mobile phone as modem?

Update: the phone has Symbian S60 operating system.

Jorge Castro
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Robert Zelník
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  • Look through the phone's manual and see if there's any settings for sharing net access. Also, there's a tab on Network Manager called Mobile Broadband - look for your device there. – Oxwivi May 25 '11 at 15:53
  • Might help to specify the OS that your phone is running. – Amanda May 25 '11 at 16:17
  • Oxwivi, you are right - I have read the manual carefully and it helped. – Robert Zelník May 25 '11 at 19:02
  • The point was to choose PC suite mode on the phone instead of IP passthrough mode. It works well now. Thanks for great RTFM tip. – Robert Zelník May 25 '11 at 19:08

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The point was to choose PC suite mode on the phone instead of IP passthrough mode. It works well now.

Robert Zelník
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Does the phone allow wired connections on other operating systems? Your carrier may have locked this down.

(Aside: My FreeRunner 'just worked' when I would hook it up to my computer to charge it; it was detected as an ethernet card.)

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