USB Wmodem driver for PPC-6601

After talking with Noggin this morning about his attempts to get his new PPC-6601 to connect his laptop to the internet via USB connection I did some digging.

Thanks to the folks at Geekzone I found the following article.


After downloading everything and making some modifications I have the following modified for US Sprint (and possibly others) users.


Dialer for Windows Mobile CDMA 1x or CDMA EV-DO

The zip has two files, I only had to use the .inf file though. You can use either a USB cable or the cradle.

Installation:
# Unzip the contents of the download from this page into a folder on your computer
# Turn on PPC-6601 Pocket PC
# Start PPC-6601 and run 'WModem', select USB, press 'start'
# Plug in cable to PPC-6601 and USB end to laptop (or sit the PPC-6601 in its cradle and plug the USB end to laptop)
# When Windows asks for a driver, point it at the directory where CDMA1X_USBMDM.INF is located

Running:
# Turn on Pocket PC (or your Pocket PC Phone Edition CDMA)
# Run 'WModem', select USB, press 'start'
# Plug in cable to PPC-6601 and USB end to laptop (or sit the Harrier in its cradle and plug the USB end to laptop)
# On laptop click on start/Connect-to/show all connections (or controll panel/networking
# Click on Add new connection and you should see this:

Click on Next and you should see this:



Choose Internet (first one) and click Next. You should see this:


Choose the manual setup option and hit next. You should see this:


Choose dial-up and hit next. You should see this:


Choose the modem installed above and hit next. You should see this:


Type #777 for the phone number and hit next. You should see this:


Leave all of this blank. REMOVE THE CHECKMARK FOR MAKING THIS YOUR DEFAULT INTERNET CONNECTION
you will be sorry if you don't. Hit next. You should see this:


Check the box (or not) and click finish. It should show you a screen like this:


Click on Properties:


Click on Options:


Make sure to remove the prompt items (username and phone number) and check security:


Make sure it has "Allow unsecure passwords" (we don't use one) Click the networking tab:


Make sure the type of server has PPP (not SLIP). Click the advanced tab:


Click OK and you should be connected.

ActiveSync will work normally when WModem is not started.

Click HERE to download the .inf file you need to do all of this.