But, on the bright side of things, you will be able to get on the net just about anywhere. This picture was taken in the middle of a state pine forest...
You can either connect to your Motorola V3c via a USB cable or with Bluetooth.
The USB connection to the V3c basically creates another serial port, and through serial communication, utilizes built in modem commands in the phone. Simply put, it uses your phone as a modem.
An additional benefit of connecting your Motorola V3c to a USB port, is that the phone is automagically charged!! This is great, even if you use the alternative Bluetooth connection, as you can leave all the chargers at home, and use your laptop to keep your phone charged.
Your phone needs one of the most common USB cables. If you have a digital camera, or other similar device, you might already have what you need. It's called a mini 5 pin cable.
Whatever you do, don't go to your local Best Buy / Circuit City / Wherever to get one of these cables.
I went to a couple of major electronics retailers one day on my lunch break to see if I could get a cable, as I had left mine at home and my phone was dead. I went to the first place, and asked the guy near the cameras where the cables were. He took me right to the spot, and handed me the cable that I needed... I asked how much it cost. He looked back, and matched the right cable, and said that it was $29.99!!! I told him that I didn't need it that bad, and went to store number two. I easily found the cables at store #2... At least they had a few options... The cheapest, was $20, and I still didn't need the cable that bad either. I couldn't believe that a 6' cable could cost that much, and knew that there had to be something better online. I hurried back to work, got online, and found just what I wanted for $4 a cable. I bought three. ;-)
My Toshiba Satellite P200 has built-in Bluetooth adapter, that I use to establish a wireless connection that has about a 20 to 30' range. Connecting to the phone with Bluetooth also seems to provide a slight speed increase over connection via USB.
This is a really slick connection that seems faster then the hard-wired alternative. If you have a computer that is Bluetooth enabled, I strongly suggest investing the time to utilize this method.
I STRONGLY suggest preparing both the USB and Bluetooth connections. On several occasions while compiling kernels on the road where I needed to use the USB connection before preparing Bluetooth.
Most Linux distros including Debian, come with the appropriate kerel options included as modules. Most Linux distros also utilize a package management system that allows you to easily install precompiled programs.
The ppp package is a prerequisite of both connection types.
# apt-get install ppp
To use your V3c as a USB modem you must have the CONFIG_USB_ACM option either compiled into the kernel or compiled as a module. I recommend compiling directly into the kernel.
--> Device Drivers
--> USB Support
--> USB Modem (CDC ACM) support
To see that your phone is recognized by Linux I suggest running the following command.
# tail -f /var/log/messages
If the kernel has been prepared with the required option, you should see the following appear in /var/log/messages.
Jul 4 12:13:54 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Jul 4 12:13:54 localhost kernel: usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 2 choices Jul 4 12:13:54 localhost kernel: cdc_acm 2-2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
You should also have a new device.
# ls -la /dev/ttyACM0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 166, 0 2007-07-04 12:13 /dev/ttyACM0
Here are my most consulted pages during this setup.
BluetoothDialup - Community Ubuntu Documentation
The end for now... Good luck!!