How to use your blackberry as modem

A BlackBerry smartphone with tethered modem capability can be used as an external modem to connect a laptop computer to the Internet. Dialing and connection is supported by the wireless service provider. Contact your wireless service provider for more information about tethered modem support.

BlackBerry smartphones support the standard modem driver. The driver is installed with BlackBerry® Desktop Manager. After installing the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, the modem appears in the Windows Device Manager. To check the Windows Device Manager, complete the following steps:

Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop, or right-click My Computer from the Start menu.
Click Properties.
In the System Properties window, click the Hardware tab .
Click Device Manager.
If the standard modem driver is not shown in the Device Manager, see KB04129.

To connect a Windows computer to the Internet using a BlackBerry smartphone as a USB tethered modem, see KB05196.
To set up the BlackBerry smartphone as a tethered modem in Windows using Bluetooth® wireless technology, see KB12544.
Note: With BlackBerry Desktop Manager 5.0.1, the IP Modem Connection Manager in the BlackBerry Desktop Manager UI and a script are included with the software installation. The wireless service provider can be selected from a configuration list when configuring the BlackBerry smartphone for tethered modem use. This choice auto-populates the configuration settings to minimize end user configuration.

For additional information on the new IP Modem Connection Manager, see KB05196.

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Environment
BlackBerry® Desktop Software
Windows® 2000, Windows® XP, and Windows Vista™
Mac OS 10.5.5 and later
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Additional Information
Macintosh computer users are able to use the BlackBerry smartphone as tethered modems using a USB connection to their laptop or desktop computers. To set up the BlackBerry smartphone as a USB IP Modem on a Mac computer, see KB19641.

To set up the BlackBerry smartphone as an IP Modem on an Mac computer using Bluetooth wireless technology, see KB18127.