My Holy Grail of TP2 hack-question... Wifi Networking with PS3???

[HTC Touch-Pro]

Hey guys (and gals? lol)

I know this question has been asked before, and on several forums I have been told it wasn't possible due to a non-supportive Ad-Hoc capability within the Wii (and I think PS3 as well), but that was a while ago, and I know firmware changes happen often, as well as the ongoing hacking and programming from the legions of tech-savvy wizards out there - so I thought I'd ask again.

I do not have true internet service at my home, because I have been using my TP1 for a long time to tether to my machines, but as I have chronicled in the TP1 sub-forum over the past couple weeks, I am being upgraded to a TP2 from the TP1, it's already in the mail according to FedEx tracking...

I'm trying to share my Verizon TP2's Internet connection, through a WiFi hotspot/access point sharing, with the PS3. I have heard of WalkingHotSpot, and another similar program (WMWIFIrouter), but I am unsure if they convert the WiFi signal into an Ad-Hoc connection, and if there is ANY WAY to get the Ad-Hoc to play nice with the PS3, so I can take advantage of all the on-line benefits of the console? (*I've NEVER had, or played a PS3... I JUST BOUGHT ONE YESTERDAY, and I'm so excited about it, but I want to get the full-use advantage from it as well - which means internet)

Does anyone know of a remedy to this problem I'm sure a lot of people face? If not a quick 1-2 solution with a WiFi broadcasting software... what about something like: Hook my phone up to my laptop, turn my laptops (WindowsXP) internet connection sharing ON, and run an ethernet cable from my laptop to the back of my PS3?

Or... Option 3: If WiFi hotspot broadcasting AND Internet Connection Sharing (above) don't work... could I do TP2 -> Laptop -> Wireless Access Point -> Sends out WiFi Signal -> Masks the fact it is an Ad-Hoc -> PS3 online (using something like this: http://cnettv.cnet.com/make-your-lap..._53-28619.html)!! (?)

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!


PS: Doesn't HTC have their own, hopefully now stable, TP2 Internet Hotspot Sharing software that is free (well, free with their $600 phone)?

[nntb]

on mighty rom on sprint i was able to get my ps3 to sign into the psn using just the internet sharing on my rhodiumW with mighty rom. so no issues there but thats sprint

[HTC Touch-Pro]

Originally Posted by nntb

on mighty rom on sprint i was able to get my ps3 to sign into the psn using just the internet sharing on my rhodiumW with mighty rom. so no issues there but thats sprint

THIS gives me hope! Thanks so much...

So do I have to custom install a new ROM (mighty) in order to bypass the Ad-Hoc masking? I take it PS3 doesn't like Ad-Hoc either, like the Wii?

Verizon shouldn't be that different I would think, as long as the devices are identical and the ROM's are also identical. I just need to figure out the custom ROM installs one my TP2 comes in the mail this week...

FINGERS CROSSED!!!

[nntb]

be sure you read the part about people getting 100$$ charges on other networks i think varizon was one of them mightyrom.com is the site for the rom

[HTC Touch-Pro]

Originally Posted by nntb

be sure you read the part about people getting 100$$ charges on other networks i think varizon was one of them mightyrom.com is the site for the rom

Eeee-yikes....

I used over 6gb of data last month on my bill, and they didn't charge me extra at all, and while at Alltel, I used over 11gb one month before the switch, and never heard anything about it. (I use my cell phone for tethering exclusively, so everything I do on Netflix, Hulu, downloads, Windows Update etc are ALL through my cell phone).

My Verizon bill that came last month with the 6gb of data usage said "Unlimited" beside it on the billing breakdown; - if this has happened to someone from Verizon or elsewhere before, did they successfully get it removed? The WinMo phones are made for tethering, and I've been doing it for a little over 3 years without a hitch on billing, I hope it stays that way! Thanks for the heads up

[jimmy2442]

Originally Posted by nntb

be sure you read the part about people getting 100$$ charges on other networks i think varizon was one of them mightyrom.com is the site for the rom

this problem has been fixed, just make sure you download the fixes in the thread about it

heres the thread: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=96739

[Noir]

Originally Posted by nntb

be sure you read the part about people getting 100$$ charges on other networks i think varizon was one of them mightyrom.com is the site for the rom

no I didn't get a charge and I was tethering through verizon for a month straight using tom codons wifi internet sharing package to create a wifi hotspot. Its for telus yes but I don't think verizon

[dude420420]

I was able to do this also with internet sharing on the phone and ICS on the PC. Tether your phone to your PC. Make sure the PC can get to the internet. You can then bridge the wireless modem with a local area connection and share that through ICS. I was able to get this working with a PS3, a PC and a switch. ICS is not very reliable though.

[HTC Touch-Pro]

Originally Posted by Noir

no I didn't get a charge and I was tethering through verizon for a month straight using tom codons wifi internet sharing package to create a wifi hotspot. Its for telus yes but I don't think verizon

So I can't take advantage of this wifi sharing program? I just got my HTC Touch Pro 2 in the mail yesterday by the way!

[Spiderman313]

[QUOTE=nntb;1370891]on mighty rom on sprint i was able to get my ps3 to sign into the psn using just the internet sharing on my rhodiumW with mighty rom. so no issues there but thats sprint[/QUOTE


How was you able to do that?