Broadcast WIFI from PPC6700?

[sledgie]

it does indeed work, but there are drawbacks. one, is obviously connection speed via ad hoc between the computer and 6700. #2 the above link is a little *technical*, it took me a while to get it working when I first tried it. #3 the only thing you can do using the 6700 as a wireless router is browse the web... you can't go to www.gmail.com or hotmail.com and check your mail, you can't use aim or msn or other chat clients, its *simply* a wireless web browser.

the way the program works is it makes your 6700 into a proxy, and that proxy only uses port 80, commonly used for http:

other cons are: you have to leave your 6700 on all the time, you can't have it go into standby (as the wireless radio turns off to conserve battery when it does, thus cutting the link with your laptop).

I can see where it can be very helpful at a coffee shop if your friend needs to use the internet, or if you have a work computer which you can't install programs or drivers on (which was my case) which prohibits using the usb cord and drivers.

personally I've never figured out why it was just limited to port 80. I didn't know if it was a limitation of the author or of the software