[ahadhayat]

I am trying to connect the laptop with my 8700 c bb. i have followed the following link
http://www.blackberryforums.com/blac...em-laptop.html

and i get an error : error 718.

i dont know how to get the laptop to connect to the internet. What should i do?

[ahadhayat]

Btw i tried the dns which is recomended on the above link.

[rugmankc]

If you haven't, do set up through your carrier. Some require a fee and the info in the link may not be up to date.


Ken

[wingrider78]

Wirelessly posted

If you are using your 8700c on att, I believe you need to have tethering added on your account, I'm not sure if there is an additional fee or not, but you should them and ask about tethering.

[TonyP]

I have the basic BB service added to my ATT line and do not pay for the tethering. You can do it w/out paying.
IM me and I will see if we can figure out what is going wrong.

[hdawg]

Originally Posted by TonyP

I have the basic BB service added to my ATT line and do not pay for the tethering. You can do it w/out paying.
IM me and I will see if we can figure out what is going wrong.

Why not just help here ...

[mikeybee]

I was getting the same error on my BB...did you put in any extra Init commands???
After a while of searching through my config, i found out that "s=11" was in my extra init string...no idea how it got there, either. So, I removed it, and it didn't give me the error anymore...

[rugmankc]

error 718 is just a timed out error

still recommend going thru your isp for setup



ken

[prudent89]

You no longer have to hand create the connection and modem if you are using at&t. Download Connection Manager from at&t's web site, install it and follow the directions. You may want to remove the hand built settings you have done previous to this prior to the installation just to keep a "clean house" and avoid any potential conflicts. Just remember to not connect your Blackberry until instructed to do so during the installation.
Sprint and Verizon have similar software packages available.