Share Wifi with Bluetooth?

[Guest hyperv]

As far as I know it should be possible to create a virtual bluetooth modem on your smartphone that allows the other deviced to connect to the GPRS network.

Is this also possible when connecting to a WiFi network?

To clarify myself: :)

I'd like to connect a PDA (with a large screen) to a WM5 smartphone via the bluetooth-modem-option and then let that smartphone access the internet via WiFi.

Anyone tried this?

[Guest mobinity.com]

Different phones have different ways of using them as modems. In general you have to create a bluetooth trusted connection between the internet enabled smartphone and the device that will be using it as a modem.

I wrote this article on using an XV6600 (smartphone) as a modem for your laptop. It is very detailed and should be able to apply the same fundamentals to any internet enabled smartphone whether it is using a wi-fi network or gprs or evdo etc.

This is written to use EV-DO from verizon but if you are going to use wifi then change the setting on the third image down from step 8 to "Connect using a broadband connection that is always on"

article link: http://www.mobinity.com/tutorials/use_your..._evdo_modem.htm

if you have an i730 then read this:

http://www.mobinity.com/blog/index.php/200...-via-bluetooth/

I hope it helps!

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http://www.mobinity.com

Edited November 28, 2005 by mobinity.com

[Guest shadamehr]

I've not yet read thru the articles referenced, but can I just leap straight in with a:

"According to Microsoft, i-mate et al, you simply CAN NOT use a wi-fi enabled SmartPhone, as a Wi-Fi based modem.

You cna use it as a GPRS BlueTooht modem for an external device such as Laptop or none mobile enabled PDA...

But MS state specifically that a you cannot use a wi-fi SmartPhone as a wi-fi modem...

If the articles referred to contradict that, excellent, as I am an i-mate sp5 owner. But if they do, it flies in the face of statements from the manufacturers etc.

[Guest Disco Stu]

Moved to Help & Advice

[Guest spacerace]

don't suppose anyone has made any further progress with this ?