phone as modem

[SiDeWaYZz28]

hey everybodyIs there a program out there like pdanet that's free and compatible with our phones?

[Baffles]

Internet Sharing. Comes built in to WM, all you have to do is connect with IE before running it, or remove the extension key from the registry to allow it to connect on its own.

[eehrhard]

Its better than PDANet IMO. Using it with WMWiFiRouter makes it 100X better.

[gizmo1278]

been using it WifiRouter myself and works great. tested speed the other day and downloads at over 2m and uploads at 350k. i have recieved two bills already and no extra charges yet.

[jfolliard]

forgive me as a newbie - but what exactly is the usage of this program? I have been using my mogul 6800 as a modem for my laptop when I travel through Sprint (Sprint via #777) directly to the laptop using Internet Sharing.

I think I know what a router is as I have one at home with my desktop cabled to it and 2 laptops connected to the internet wirelessly through it.

But I'm confused about what WMWIFIRouter does?

I loaded to my Mogul but then didn't know what to do - I feel kind of stupid.

Thanks.

Jack

[schettj]

Its Yet Another Way to share the connection

using it, your mogul acts as an Ad Hoc wifi access point.

This is handy if you want to share the network to more then one client, or to a client without USB or Bluetooth, or with a client that you can't (or don't want to) configure to use either of those other connections.

[jfolliard]

Originally Posted by schettj

Its Yet Another Way to share the connection

using it, your mogul acts as an Ad Hoc wifi access point.

This is handy if you want to share the network to more then one client, or to a client without USB or Bluetooth, or with a client that you can't (or don't want to) configure to use either of those other connections.

ok - thanks - but in plainspeak is it like this - I'm away from home with only my Mogul - using this software another person with a wifi capable laptop could get connected to the internet through my Mogul? My Mogul gets the internet "signal" from Sprint #777? Does the Mogul then broadcast that signal like my wireless router at home? Sorry but I'm still confused.

[eehrhard]

WMWifiRouter creates a ad-hoc network connection on your phone. When you look for the available networks on your laptop or what ever else you should see a networkd called WMWifiRouter and you just connect like any other access point. It is ad-hoc though so what ever you are trying to connect must support ad-hoc connections. PSP for instance cannot connect. To answer your question though yes it does broadcast like a router at home.

[bedoig]

Originally Posted by gizmo1278

been using it WifiRouter myself and works great. tested speed the other day and downloads at over 2m and uploads at 350k. i have recieved two bills already and no extra charges yet.

Wow, you must have gotten a private release of the Rev A update. I'd like to see some screenshots of these speed tests. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but those speeds (especially the upload) are not likely without Rev A.

[bedoig]

Originally Posted by eehrhard

PSP for instance cannot connect...

PSP's should be able to connect. You just have to enter the Ad-Hoc name in the SSID field.