Venturi client and weird problems with Mobile Office Kit

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Venturi is "good". It takes a good MOK connection and makes it FAST. I'd
recommend you leave it installed, or you'll be disappointed with your
connection speed.

Concerning dock vs undock. Your computer gives you the option of
"configuring" unique setups for dock vs undock, or any other connection.
Just windows at its best, trial and error should take care of it. Remember,
that the venturi needs to be removed and installed last when you add network
adaptors. (no surprise, as they make a BIG deal of it during the install)
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"markjenn" <whizmo@NO-SPAM.comcast.net> wrote in message
news:cq6dnSCEtapve2fcRVn-tg@comcast.com...
> Hi, I recently purchased the Mobile Office Kit for my Samsung A670. I
> installed all the software and was able to connect my laptop to the
internet
> via the phone with 1X service.
>
> I noticed that the MOK installed the "Venturi client software" which I
> assume does some kind of compression. I'm not having problems, but I'm
> alway suspicious of things that get loaded up on boot and may interfere
with
> other software. Anybody have any comments on whether I should leave this
> installed? And does it work on all net connections? Just wireless? Just
> wireless on Verizon networks?
>
> Another weird problem is the the laptop won't recognize the phone when it
is
> put in a docking station. I installed the kit with my laptop undocked,
but
> now, when I plug the phone in with the laptop in a different "docked"
> configuration, it forgets that it installed all the modem and USB drivers
> and asks to install them again. Even if I let it reinstall everything, it
> still doesn't recognize the phone in VZAccess Manager. This is not a big
> deal as I plan on using the phone as an internet connection when I'm on
the
> road with just a bare laptop, but it is odd that plugging the phone in
> behaves so differently just because the laptop is in a docking station.
>
> - Mark
>
>