techie mobile ISP connection question
 

Here's the scenario.

I'm going to be away from landlines for a couple of weeks and need to keep access to the net.

I've got a laptop with 56k modem, Win ME and an infrared port. I've also got a Nokia 8210 which has IR port but no internal modem, I'm going to be in the UK and cost isn't an issue as I have a freephone ISP dialup and 1-2-1 mobile which doesn't charge for access.

So the question is, can I stay online with the current set up or do I need a phone with internal modem. Upgrading the phone isn't a problem but I'm not going to get the wire link for the 8210 to the laptop as this is going to be a once a year situation, so I'll have to use IR data transfer whatever I go for.

If it is possible, the next question is what do I do to my browser settings to help the downloads go as quickly as possible as I assume the data transfer between the phone and laptop is going to be slow (9600, 18000??) I haven't got any requirements for fancy graphics etc as all the sites I need to visit are mainly text based and losing the graphics wont be too unbearable (although pprune is one of them and must be accessible :D for sanity's sake)

Any ideas would be appreciated.

The Nokia 8210 does have an internal modem, and connect at 9.6 kb/s via IR.

You can download all the drivers and set-up guides from Forum Nokia.

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