This HowTo tutorial will help you to setup your BlackBerry modem. Many today also refer to using your BlackBerry as a wireless modem as, “tethering”.  The steps below are fairly easy and should only take about 10 minutes to setup and configure.  This method below works for BlackBerry users with T-MOBILE and a few other BlackBerry mobile carriers.

1. Go to Start>Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager.

2. Scroll down to Ports. There should be 2 listed under RIM. Make sure you know what COM Ports they are under (Probably 4 and 5). Write them down if your memory isn’t that good.

3. Once you have done this, open Desktop Manager and connect your Blackberry. Once the link between the two is connected, go to Start>Control Panel>Network Connections>Create a New Connection.

4. Under the Network Connection Wizard, chose:
Connect to the Internet>Set Up My Connection Manually>Connect Using a Dial Up Modem.

5. When you get to “Select A Device”. Check the box that is the COM Port that your RIM Port was listed under.

6. Next, under ISP name, name it something like “Blackberry, BB, T-Mobile, etc).

7. Under Telephone Number, put *99#.

8. Leave the User Name and Password blank under the next option.

9. If it is going to be ur default internet connection, then make sure that box is clicked. Now click Next and Finish.

10. Now press Dial and try to connect.

11. If you fail to connect, then do the following:

12. Go to Start>Control Panel>Phones And Modems>Modems. Click on the COM Port associated with the Network Connection you just set up and click on Properties.

13. When that opens, go the “Advanced” tab. Put the following under Extra Initialization Commands exactly as it is written here:
+cgdcont=1,,”wap.voicestream.com”
Make sure you put the commas, quotation marks etc. and then click
OK.

14. Save your changes and go back to “Network Connections” and Dial the connection. You now will be able to connect to the internet

In our next article, we will discuss methods to tether (use your blackberry modem) via Linux and Macintosh.

If you need help setting up your BlackBerry modem, feel free to contact us!