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Have a look, can you help???? (Wi-Fi)

Hi folks, I am going to ask this like the thicko I am.
This is a diagram of my setup.
Wired Router ---> PC1
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'-----------> PC2--->Wi Fi Dongle
Now to explain. Broadband comes in, goes to router.
This then goes off to a PC downstairs (PC1) which I have no access to.
My PC (PC2) is upstairs and has a Belkin Wireless Dongle. (Usb type) which I have just been given from a mate.
Ok, the tricky bit. My Wizard has the wi-fi, yep, lovely.
Now my PC has wi-fi, yep, getting more interesting.
Ok now the belly buster question, what do I need to allow my PDA to connect to my PC so that it can browse both the internet AND my network shares?
I know its possible and I know it would probably involve some proxy or port forwarding software, but I have no clue where to start.
You folks know so much, so I would be very suprised if no-one could answer this one.
Thank you very much.

in network connections (start > connect to or conrol panel > network connections) click on your connection (dongle to mini s). right click, click properties, click the advanced tab, then tick the box "allow other network users to connect through my pc" and press ok.
try that and let me no, as with network shares, just enable shared documents, my computer, right click shared documents, sharing, then tick the box allow to be shared or something like that.
let me know how u get on.

Ok, heres the progress report.
I set the connection sharing as described and Yay, I can map a drive using Resco and listen to music and watch an AVI on my main system.
The down side of this was that I lost my internet connectvity on my PC and the browser on the Wizard was reporting "Page not found".
I then disabled this sharing to resume internet on the PC.
I went back to the Wizard about 10 minutes later and mapped another shared folder but forgot to re-share the wireless internet connection.
Strange thing was, the drive mapping worked and so did my internet connection on the PC. I still have no internet over wi-fi from my Wizard.
Many thanks for the reply anyway. If you have any more advice, it would be very appreciated.
PS: I used to have the same loss of internet when I did a bluetooth connection to a laptop. I eventually sorted that bugger out but cant remember how I did it.

Activesync WM5 (JAMin) over WiFi

Guys i have searched over 1 hour in the Internet but no solution sorry but still i cant get connected.
If someone please Post Step by step procedures i would be very thankful
here is some useful but not completed websites:
The Best one seems to be this but it is very old:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_september24.mspx
Result from other Sites:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=453&more=1
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=237804

Drop it. No way to do it. I've posted here just a few weeks ago, tried everything, with no luck. It simply isn't possible with the latest ActiveSync 4.1, and the older one 3.8 which has the wifi functionality, is not compatible with WM 5.0.
So forget about it. You can connect through wifi, but no synching...

Thank you very much but what is the benefith to connect through wifi?? i cant even send a file or connect to internet!!! At list give me a clue to conect Internet through WiFi & PC. but i think if we do the right Setting for IP in WiFi we would get connected some how....

Connecting through wifi gives you some good things... FOr one, I can stream all my mp3, and movie collection through wifi from PC to my prophet in real time... Yes, even movies work perfectly. So you don't have to keep your mem card full. And you can transfer files to/from PC with little problem.
To set it up, just set up a network on your pc, turn on wifi. Your prophet will discover it, and you can connect to it. Then you need a program like PocketLan, and you can set up a network folder in your prophet which lets you view all the folders you have placed on share on the PC. (so you have to place some folders on share).
I haven't tested sharing an internet connection, but it should not be a problem. I will test tomorrow or tuesday, and let you know.
Cheers.

krale said:
Connecting through wifi gives you some good things... FOr one, I can stream all my mp3, and movie collection through wifi from PC to my prophet in real time... Yes, even movies work perfectly. So you don't have to keep your mem card full. And you can transfer files to/from PC with little problem.
To set it up, just set up a network on your pc, turn on wifi. Your prophet will discover it, and you can connect to it. Then you need a program like PocketLan, and you can set up a network folder in your prophet which lets you view all the folders you have placed on share on the PC. (so you have to place some folders on share).
I haven't tested sharing an internet connection, but it should not be a problem. I will test tomorrow or tuesday, and let you know.
Cheers.
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Resco File Explorer will let you add "share drives" also. You can add directories or drives.

Upss...
It seems that sharing internet connection through wifi is NOT possible with WM5... They have just ruined everything with this stupid upgrade of activesync!
Anyone aware of a work arround so my PC internet connection works on my PPC connected to it with ad-hoc wifi?

as i said i think with IP configuration there might be a way to share it. or i think XDA fellow should program a Stack for this issue on activesyns4.x

Internet over Wi-Fi
you definitely need to do your research better
I have a wi-fi network at home and connect my Prophet to the internet without any problem, and so do thousands of other users.
If you have a wi-fi router, just set it to use the encryption supported by the Prophet. I found that using an authentication of "WPA-PSK" and encryption of TKIP works perfectly.
If you're setting up an ad-hoc network between a pc and the Prophet, you need to enable Internet Connection Sharing on the PC with the internet connection and voila'
You do not need activesync over wifi to use internet on the Prophet, just use it as a normal pc on wi-fi network. However what they have not been able to do till now is enable Activesync over Wi-fi for synchronisation.

Perhaps you are right Acer, since I was not able to fully test it with your specs.
I have a company cable network LAN, and a wireless adapter on the laptop which is free. But unfortunatelly, I was not able to set up internet sharing of the LAN, since it goes over a Network Bridge. Anyone now how this could be enabled?
THanks for the info Acer, its helpful...

Re: Internet over Wi-Fi
acer175 said:
you definitely need to do your research better
I have a wi-fi network at home and connect my Prophet to the internet without any problem, and so do thousands of other users.
If you have a wi-fi router, just set it to use the encryption supported by the Prophet. I found that using an authentication of "WPA-PSK" and encryption of TKIP works perfectly.
If you're setting up an ad-hoc network between a pc and the Prophet, you need to enable Internet Connection Sharing on the PC with the internet connection and voila'
You do not need activesync over wifi to use internet on the Prophet, just use it as a normal pc on wi-fi network. However what they have not been able to do till now is enable Activesync over Wi-fi for synchronisation.
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Dude thanx i have a laptop and i have made an ad-hoc network between my pc and the Prophet, also i have shared my dialup connection but it is not working, if possible would you please explain step by step settings?

do you have Windows XP on your laptop?

acer175 said:
do you have Windows XP on your laptop?
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yes i am using XP home Edition and my laptop is Averatec 3200 series

Just go to properties on your dial up internet sharing and set share this connection. i thinks thats about it. i've not use it for a long time, but if I remember correctly that's about it. you have to share it with your WI-FI adapter of course.
Some WI-Fi card can configure this automacticly. Like several I seen. You can set it as a router, and you're good to go.

BUMP @ acer175 ..where are you dude??!!!

Hi lover. Sorry, I thought Munyuk81's response was enough.
Anyway, on Windows XP, open Network Connections, right-click on your dial-up/ADSL connection, selet Properties.
Open the Advanced tab, you should have an Internet Connection SHaring section. Enable "Allow other users to connect etc, etc...". Select the wireless network adapter if given the option. Click YES if asked to change the IP.
Next create a wi-fi network using the XP utlities or your card's utilities. Don't touch the IP address of the wi-fi card.
Next on your Prophet, enable Wi-Fi and it should discover the network by itself. If you set a key in the step above, it will ask you to enter it.

@acer175
Do you know how i can share my Lan internet which goes over a Network Bridge? WHen I removed the Lan from the Network Bridge, I could see the options for ICS, but there was no internet to share, as the connection was lost. Adding it back to the network bridge restores the internet connection, but removes the option for sharing it with the other (wifi) card...
Anyone?

i haven't tried it myself, but thinking logically, when you add a connection to a bridge, it loses its individual attributes. You have to check the properties of the bridge, and check if there are ICS options there, however I do not think that XP allows that, but you can try.
ALso see if this may be helpful:
http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/

thanx acer175.
i have connected my PPC to PC but still no internet sharing!! also i have shared some drives and folders in my PC but with resco explorer i cant see any of them

@lover
switch off WIndows Firewall on the Wi-Fi connection if it is enabled

acer175 said:
@lover
switch off WIndows Firewall on the Wi-Fi connection if it is enabled
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the file sharing works perfectly (thank you\) but no internet conection when i start IE browser it says : The page cannot be found. check the name and try again ?!!!
what is your settings in
Start.Settings.Connections.ConnectionsAdvanced...Select Networks?
both of them are My Work Network

Connecting to Internet via Advantage?

Just got HTC Advantage 7501 and am having problems connecting my laptop to DialUp Server. I checked my old set up (with BlueAngel) and there's Bluetooth Dial Up Server that allows connecting laptop via Bluetooth to the HTC as a dial up modem to the internet. At least that's how it worked with Verizon here in US.
Can somebody suggests how to deal with this case? Am I missing some drivers or anything? In short - what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!

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Just got HTC Advantage 7501 and am having problems connecting my laptop to DialUp Server. I checked my old set up (with BlueAngel) and there's Bluetooth Dial Up Server that allows connecting laptop via Bluetooth to the HTC as a dial up modem to the internet. At least that's how it worked with Verizon here in US.
Can somebody suggests how to deal with this case? Am I missing some drivers or anything? In short - what am I doing wrong?
Thanks!
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Have you tried using "Internet Sharing?" You can connect via USB or BT...

Yes, that's exactly it, thank you!
I to Internet connection sharing, connected to internet via 3G cellular connection and hooked up laptop to Advantage via Bluetooth Network Access Point. That worked.

PAN Working?
I've been trying to get this working for the last day. My X7501 is discoverable, I can see it for other bluetooth profiles. When I try to add the device by clicking "Join Personal Area Network" on my laptop it then prompts me to search for another device. I can't see my Athena. I can see another computer that supports PAN, just not the Athena.
Any thoughts?
McP

Check if there is a drop-down box that displays "Show computers only" and change it to "Show all devices". That, of course, if you are using Win XP

Bluetooth Null Modem ?

I want to connect to the Internet via a Bluettoth Access Point (Billionton) providing PAN and LAP, or via my Laptop's Bluetooth Network adapter using Internet Connect Sharing.
On the HD, I cannot find the BT NULL Modem option in the Modems list (all I have there are: Bluetooth along with 2 Cellular options and Hayas modem).
Is there a way to have that option?
On my previous PDA, I had installed the Widcomm stack, there I had that option.
Pleae assist
Thaanks

anyone familiarr with that?

Please, Anyone?
As posted above, Can anyone connect to the WEB via a PC using the Bluetooth Network Adapter (with internet connect sharing) ,using the PAN or LAP BT profiles, not just Activesync.
It seems that a BT Null Modem is required to be present on the HTC HD, but I cannot configure that with the current BT stack.
Please assist
Thanks

Yes, it's possible.
Do the following:
1. Enable BT on your device. (make sure it's in visible mode as well)
2. On your PC turn on your internal BT or insert USB BT module.
NOTE: If you are using XP SP2/SP3 I suggest not to use Window's built-in BT stack, as your PC will fail to install BT modem drivers after pairing. Use Widcomm drivers instead. They worked for me In case you're using Vista, there's no need for 3rd party driver installation, as the Vista built-in BT stack will recognize and install BT modem drivers just fine.
3. On your PC, initiate BT device pairing (once again, make sure your device's BT is visible!). Once pairing is done, and BT passwords are exchanged, your PC should discover the available BT services your device can offer. Select at least BT dial-up networking and BT PAN networking. If you are using Widcomm drivers, it will automatically create shortcuts for you for every selected connection.
That's all for the configuration. If you want to use your device as a BT modem for dial-up networking, just click on the dial-up icon Widcomm wizard created for you and enter *99# as a dialing number. Usually there's no need for username/password configuarion when accessing 3G/EDGE. Should your connection fail, then you must add some "extra modem initialization commands" to your BT modem settings in device manager as follows: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","<APN name>" where APN name stands for 3G/EDGE access point your operator gave you. As an example for ATT USA it would be: +CGDCONT=1,"IP","wap.cingular"
In case you decide to connect to the Internet using BT PAN network, there's an extra step needed:
4. On your device, go to Programs->Internet Sharing. In "PC Connection" drop-down box select "Bluetooth PAN" and for "Network Connection" choose you default access point your operator provided.
5. Again make sure your device BT is ON and is in visible mode (ICS will warn you about this anyway). On your PC launch and establish BT PAN connection by using the shortcut the Widcomm has created for you.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
S.

Thanks for the quick response. Still, I may miss something.
As I had mentioned I want to access the internet from my HD via a PC (thus avoiding the cost for GPRS/HSDPA).
1. When you refer to the PAN on the PC side are you refering to the 'Network Access Point'? (I have the Broadcom stack on my PC)
2. When I click on the Network Access icon (on my PC), its starts to connect but immediately it comes up with an error message sayig 'could not connect to remote device'
3. Does the Internet Connect Sharing (ICS) on the HD, facilitate the HD to access the internet via the PC?
4. I used the following configuration for the ICS on the HD:
PC Connection: Bluetooth PAN
Network Connection: <my mobile provider> Internet
5. Do I have to configure something on the BT PAN Network Adapter on my HD (setting>wifi>wireless networks>network adapters)
5. As I understand from your response, when activating the ICS, for this type of connection, the BT PAN actually take over the traffic detined to be carried out via the HSDPA Internet, is it correct?
Thanks again

this would interest me as well

HTC as Bluetooth Modem

Hi There!
I am trying to work out what I need to do to get my laptop (Win7 x64) to connect to the internet via my (hd2).
I have paired the phone, and initally it said there was a device driver missing. I found a link that said install windows device centre 6.1 and then specify the driver to be the Microsoft Corporate Bluetooth Radio device.
I can dial #00* from the dial up connection, I can see a dial up connection being made after username and password (left blank) and I am showing as connected, but there is an exclamation mark over the connection, and I can't surf or ping or anything.
I am missing critical information I am sure, but I am unsure what?

The best way is to open Internet sharing on the phone, and selecting to use Bluetooth PAN. Then, on the PC, connect to the HD2's network service.

Hi I am sorry, I am not sure I understand, do you have a few moments to provide some greater detail?
How do I tell the PC to connect to the HD2's network service?

Actually it's even easier on the HD2. Open the internet sharing app, select Bluetooth PAN as PC connection, click connect, and the Bluetooth manager will come up and ask you to select the (previously paired) computer you want to have the net on. Nothing to do on the PC, just set your new network as home or public when the popup appears.

kilrah said:
Actually it's even easier on the HD2. Open the internet sharing app, select Bluetooth PAN as PC connection, click connect, and the Bluetooth manager will come up and ask you to select the (previously paired) computer you want to have the net on. Nothing to do on the PC, just set your new network as home or public when the popup appears.
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When I try to pair my Viewpad 7 tablet / big smartphone using the method above, the HTC HD2 reports that the Viewpad 7 doesn't support Personal Area Networking. I presume that means the Viewpad's BT is DUN instead of PAN. Is my only solution to change my HD2 to a new/different/better operating system than WM6.5? Like, Android?