If you are a .NET web application developer and you install Cincular Connection Manager, you’ll be in for a treat when none of your .NET web applications will run anymore! When you try to connect to one, you’ll hear a windows alert beep, but will see no error message displayed.

The solution at the moment is to not install Connection Manager. If you uninstall Connection Manager, the good news is that your web apps will all go back to normal and will work again. whew!

However, you really don’t need the software to use your Cingular cell phone to dial-up to the internet. You can simply create a new Dial-Up account. Select your cellphone as the modem and then enter the following for the dial-up parameters:

number to dial: *99***1# -or- *99***2#

(the number 1 or 2 depends on what order your cellphone shows up in your list of modems. it might even need to be 3?)

username: ISP@CINGULARGPRS.COM (case sensitive)

password: CINGULAR1 (case sensitive)

You can just dial-up through your cellphone as if it were a regular modem.

You have to have the data connection added to your cellphone plan for this to work at all, by the way. You also have to have your cellphone connected using the data connection cable or bluetooth and the correct drivers for your phone need to be installed. You’re on your own for that part!