(newbie) Infrared + Nokia 8310 phone

From: Tom *** (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:34:52 +0000

I have a laptop dual booting Mandrake 10.1 and Windows XP. Under
windows I am able to access the internet via GPRS through my Nokia
8310 mobile. Whenever I put the phone by the infrared port it
detects it as a standard modem and then i can dial out using
"dial-up networking", just like i would a normal landline modem.

I would like to try and do the same under Linux if possible, but
all the websites I can find are terrifyingly technical and I do
not understand a word of them... Is there any "easy" way of doing
this - any kind of program that would automate this for me or
something? Would I be any better off using another distribution
maybe??

I have installed the IrDA packages using the Mandrake Control
Centre and they are starting up succesfully when the system boots,
but I cannot get it to do anything and IrDADump does not show
anything so I presume I have not got something configured
correctly and its not "seeing" the phone.

Can anyone suggest where I need to start?!!

Many thanks in advance

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