Felix, Thanks! Now if it were only so easy under Windows. Sigh... Miles Felix Windt wrote: > On a Mac, turn on wireless, click on the icon in the status bar and create a > connection. Remember to specify a password by clicking on "Show Options" - > even though it's just WEP, that's still better than nothing. To route > connections from that network, go to the System Preferences, Sharing, > Internet and turn on Internet Sharing on the built in Ethernet connections. > > I am not sure you can use bluetooth as you described - bluetooth devices > advertise their category. I would expect that unless you laptops advertise > themselves as modems, the 770 would not be able to use them. Also, obviously > the range for bluetooth would be much smaller and you'd have to be near the > laptop and at that point might as well use the laptop for your browsing. > > > On 9/15/06 10:36 AM, "Miles Fidelman" <mfidelman at meetinghouse.net> wrote: > > >> Ok.. I have this brand new 770, and the obvious next step is to get >> connected to the net, but... there's no WiFi access point handy. S >> >> It would seem that there should be a way to: >> >> - use the laptop sitting on my office desk (hard-wired connection to the >> office LAN, wi-fi card) as a router, and/or, >> - plug a bluetooth dongle into the laptop and use it as a router, and/or, >> - connect via a usb cable and use the laptop as a router >> >> But.. so far, I keep running into the limitations of WinXP internet >> connection sharing - it doesn't like to use the fixed IP associated with >> our internal LAN. >> >> I'm sure that somebody has already figured this out - so any suggestions >> or pointers would be much appreciated. >> >> Also.. any comments re. doing the same thing, but with a Mac (my home >> machine). >> >> Thanks very much, >> >> Miles Fidelman >> _______________________________________________ >> maemo-users mailing list >> maemo-users at maemo.org >> https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users >
