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Nokia 9300 and Nokia 9500 Communicator

Nokia 9300 and Nokia 9500 Communicator Using IP pass-
Using IP passthrough

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Contents

Contents
Introduction............................................... 4
Installing Nokia Network Bridge ............. 5
Enabling IP passthrough........................... 7
Connecting your device to the computer8
Creating a bridge .................................... 12
Creating an Internet access point ......... 13
Troubleshooting....................................... 15
General ...................................................................................15
Installation ............................................................................15
Connections ..........................................................................16

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Introduction
Introduction
IP passthrough allows you to use your Nokia 9300 or 5 Create an Internet access point for IP passthrough.
Nokia 9500 Communicator to access the Internet or
This document contains instructions for all the steps.
corporate network through your computer. With IP
passthrough, your Nokia 9300 or Nokia 9500 Tip: For best performance, perform steps 2-4
Communicator uses an IP address to access the network. without any delay between them: connect your
device to the computer immediately after
You can use IP passthrough with any application installed
enabling IP passthrough on your device, and
on your device that uses an Internet access point. This
create the network bridge connection
offers you an alternative way of accessing networks with
immediately after connecting your device to
your device. If you only exchange data between your
the computer.
device and your computer, there is no need to use IP
passthrough; a Nokia PC Suite connection is sufficient. Note: Before you start using IP passthrough,
make sure that it is not against your company
For IP passthrough, you need the following:
policy to do so.
• Nokia Network Bridge software
• A DKU-2 data cable When you use IP passthrough to connect your Nokia 9300
• A computer with Windows 2000 or Windows XP and or Nokia 9500 Communicator to the Internet, take the
access to the Internet necessary precautions to protect your device against
viruses and other security risks.
If your computer uses wireless LAN (WLAN) to access the
network, you cannot use IP passthrough. Use a network
cable connection instead.
To start using IP passthrough, you need to proceed in the
following order:
1 Install Nokia Network Bridge.
2 Enable IP passthrough on your device.
3 Connect your device to the computer.
4 Create a network bridge on your computer.

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Installing Nokia Network Bridge

Installing Nokia Network Bridge

Nokia Network Bridge is bridging software that includes 3 If necessary, change the destination folder, and click
the necessary drivers (RNDIS) for IP passthrough. You can Next to continue.
download the latest version of Nokia Network Bridge from
the Nokia site at www.nokia.com.
To install Nokia Network Bridge:
1 Double-click the downloaded exe file.
2 Read and accept the license agreement, and click Next
to continue.

4 If the installation program detects newer driver files on

your computer than those in the installation package,
select to use the new files.

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5 Once the installation is complete, click Finish. 6 To check the installation, open Control Panel, and

Installing Nokia Network Bridge

check that Nokia Network Bridge is listed.

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Enabling IP passthrough

Enabling IP passthrough
By default, the data cable connection between your device closed, the PC Suite connection can be used again as
and your computer is used for Nokia PC Suite. To be able usual.
to use IP passthrough, you must allocate the data cable
connection for IP passthrough.
To enable IP passthrough:
1 Press Desk, and select Tools→ Control panel→
Connections→ Cable setup.
2 Change the value of the Data cable mode field to either
of the following:
3 Press Done. You are asked for confirmation.
• IP passthrough — The data cable connection is used
solely for IP passthrough. If you select this option,
you cannot use PC Suite through the data cable
connection.
• IP passthrough overrides PC Suite — The data cable
connection can be used for PC Suite and IP
passthrough. If you select this option, your PC Suite
connection is terminated if an IP passthrough is
opened when you have an active PC Suite 4 Press Save to save your changes.
connection. Once the IP passthrough connection is

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Connecting your device to the computer

Connecting your device to the computer
Before you connect your device to the computer, make 2 When Windows detects your device, it starts the Found
sure you do the following: New Hardware Wizard. Select No, not this time, and
• Install Nokia Network Bridge. click Next to continue.
• Enable IP passthrough on your device.
Tip: For best performance, connect your
device to the computer immediately after
enabling IP passthrough.
Connect your device to the computer for the first time
after you install Nokia Network Bridge and enable IP
passthrough to start the RNDIS driver installation. The
driver is included with Nokia Network Bridge and installed
with the Windows Found New Hardware Wizard.
Note: The following instructions follow the
process on a computer with Windows XP SP2.
The process may differ slightly for Windows
2000 and other Windows XP versions.
To connect your device to the computer:
1 Connect your Nokia 9300 or Nokia 9500
Communicator to your computer with a DKU-2 data
cable.
3 Select Install the software automatically, and click

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Next. 4 When Windows displays the Hardware Installation

Connecting your device to the computer

window, click Continue Anyway.

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5 Wait while Windows installs the driver. 6 Click Finish.

Connecting your device to the computer

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After a successful installation, your device is listed on You can also see a new network connection on your

Connecting your device to the computer

Windows Device Manager. computer.

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Creating a bridge
Creating a bridge
When you connect your Nokia 9300 or Nokia 9500 To create a bridge:
Communicator to your computer with a data cable that 1 On your computer, click Start→ Settings→ Control
uses IP passthrough, your computer sees your device as a Panel→ Nokia Network Bridge..
new local area network (LAN) connection. Bridging 2 Select the connection from the list, and click OK.
connects two networks together so that they act as one
network.
Before you create a bridge, make sure you do the
following:
• Install Nokia Network Bridge.
• Enable IP passthrough on your device.
• Connect your device and computer with a DKU-2 data
cable.
Tip: For best performance, create the network
bridge connection immediately after
connecting your device to the computer.
Note: Create the network bridge connection
immediately after connecting your device to
the computer. Especially with Windows XP you
have to activate the bridge without delay. If
you experience any problems creating the
bridge then disconnect the cable, connect it
again and this time create the bridge
immediately.

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Creating an Internet access point

Creating an Internet access point

Using IP passthrough requires an Internet access point on 3 You are asked whether you want to create a copy of an
your device. You can use the same Internet access point for existing Internet access point. Press No.
all your IP passthrough connections.
If your computer uses a dynamic IP address, do not enter
an IP address for the Internet access point. Your Nokia
9300 or Nokia 9500 Communicator gets the IP address it
uses for the connection from the network DHCP server. If
your computer uses a static IP address, you need to enter
an IP address for the Internet access point manually.
4 Press Next.
To create an Internet access point:
1 Press Desk, and select Tools→ Control panel→
Connections→ Internet setup.
2 Press New.

5 In the Internet settings name field, enter a name for the

access point.

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6 From the Internet settings type field, select IP 9 Press Finish.

Creating an Internet access point

passthrough, and press Next. 10 The new connection is listed on the Connections tab.

7 Press Advanced. 11 If you entered a static IP address, enter the same IP

address for the connection in Network Connections.
For details, refer to your operating system
documentation.
12 You can now open an IP passthrough connection (for
example, with the Web browser of your Nokia 9300 or
Nokia 9500 Communicator). Make sure that you select
the connection you just created when prompted to
8 If your computer uses DHCP to acquire an IP address, select an access point.
check that the value of the Auto retrieve IP field is Yes,
and press Done.
If your computer has a static IP address, change the
value of the Auto retrieve IP field to No, enter a static IP
address, and press Done.

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Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting
General If this does not work, do the following:
1 Open Windows Device Manager. (Start→
If you cannot see your device on Windows Device Manager Settings→Control Panel→ System→ Hardware→
or Network Connections, do the following: Device Manager)
• Check that your device is connected to the computer
with a DKU-2 data cable.
• Check that the used data cable mode on your device is
IP passthrough or IP passthrough overrides PC Suite.
(Tools→ Control panel→ Connections→ Cable setup) In
IP passthrough overrides PC Suite mode, your device is not
shown unless you have an active IP passthrough
connection.

Installation
If you cannot start the installation, make sure that you
have administrator rights to your computer.
If you connected your device and computer before
installing Nokia Network Bridge, do the following: 2 From the Network adapters list, select the connection
created for your Nokia 9300 or Nokia 9500
1 Cancel the installation.
Communicator, right-click your mouse, and select
2 Remove the cable from your computer.
Properties.
3 Install Nokia Network Bridge.
4 Connect the data cable to your computer.
5 Install the RNDIS driver as usual.

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3 On the Driver tab, click Update driver, and follow the was installed to your computer by your company,

Troubleshooting
instructions of the wizard that opens. contact your IT department.
• Bridged connections in Windows XP — If you have
bridged connections using the Windows XP native
bridging application, remove all bridges.
• VPN and firewall software — Contact your IT
department. Do not disable any VPN or firewall
software if it is against your company policy, or unless
you have adequate protection against viruses and
other security risks.

Connections
Often connection problems are caused by other software
and programs installed on the computer or the network.
In problem situations, check the following:
• Other bridging software — Remove all other bridging
software from your computer. If the bridging software

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