tethering touch pro to router

aznajoe · #1 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 02:29 AM

hello everyone I'm not sure if this is possible but is there no way to connect my touch pro into my router so i can use that as the main isp at my house? hope this is posted at the right location and thanks for any replies

Relic · #2 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by aznajoe

hello everyone I'm not sure if this is possible but is there no way to connect my touch pro into my router so i can use that as the main isp at my house? hope this is posted at the right location and thanks for any replies

No not that I know of.
Now when you say "main ISP" are you talking about that you want to use your wireless provider connection as your main. If so why don't you just use a Wifi Router, like one that is found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=538874
With this new version, it lets you access the on?off operation of the wifi router via Communiction Manager.

When in use you can connect any wireless pc and or devices like a laptop to use your wireless ISP.

demolasko · #3 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by aznajoe

hello everyone I'm not sure if this is possible but is there no way to connect my touch pro into my router so i can use that as the main isp at my house? hope this is posted at the right location and thanks for any replies

you need the program WMWifirouter and you can broadcast you cell internet using the phones wifi

hope that helps

brokestudent12 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 08:52 PM

too bad it works on adhoc, not supported by PS3 - if PS3 would be able to work off it I'm sure my data usage from sprint would be alot more than the 100+ gigabytes downloaded last month

k_semler · #5 (**permalink**) 10-19-2009, 10:24 PM

If you can find a male MiniUSB to female USB adaptor, this might be for you:

If WM recognizes it, you would hook up the RJ45 cable from your phone to the WAN port on your router, and you would now be running your LAN over your phone's data connection.

aznajoe · #6 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 02:24 AM

yea i know about wifi router but i'm trying to connect the phone to my wireless router so just in case my current isp which is verizon (which sucks like crazy) goes down i can use my phone to connect to the internet and use my voip service...problem is i have a wired voip adapter...

aznajoe · #7 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by k_semler

If you can find a male MiniUSB to female USB adaptor, this might be for you:

If WM recognizes it, you would hook up the RJ45 cable from your phone to the WAN port on your router, and you would now be running your LAN over your phone's data connection.

hmm can't we just use a M miniusb to M usb to one of these

http://cgi.ebay.com/4X-Female-USB-A-...item56359b79d0

k_semler · #8 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 02:38 AM

Theoretically, yes. If WM recognizes the NIC. (needs to have drivers available for it). If it is recognized as a NIC, you should have no problems using your PPC as an access point to the Internet with your LAN.

Frankiedog · #9 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 03:54 PM

If your router supports it, you may be able to use the dd-wrt http://www.dd-wrt.com firmware and configure it as a repeater for your phone. I have done this with other wireless access points, but never tried with ad-hoc.

If it works you can save both types of configurations to a file and load as needed.

I may try this idea too.

travissand · #10 (**permalink**) 10-20-2009, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankiedog

If your router supports it, you may be able to use the dd-wrt http://www.dd-wrt.com firmware and configure it as a repeater for your phone. I have done this with other wireless access points, but never tried with ad-hoc.

If it works you can save both types of configurations to a file and load as needed.

I may try this idea too.

I have flashed the dd-wrt to my linksy wrt54g ver6 with intentions of using it to repeat. But it will take a "good how to" for me to get it to work because networking is like a foreign language to me. Id love to get this working. Because now with icscontroll on my touch pro i am providing my home computers internet via adhoc wifi. But the computers cant share files.?? I want a LAN.