Comments on: Bluetooth Internet Sharing from Windows Mobile 6 to Mac OS 10.4.9

By: H Awal

H Awal — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:52:55 +0000

thanks,
but do u know how to get internet on a Palm treo 755p, through bluetooth from a Macbook with Leopard (late 2007 model).
Its exact opposite of getting internet on a laptop using mobile internet.

By: jonmanheim

jonmanheim — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:54:32 +0000

Hi - I have a slightly different, maybe more basic, but essential issue. I have an AT&T Tilt and cannot get it to pair via bluetooth with my Mac at all. I spent 35 minutes waiting to talk to someone at HTC and when he finally got on the phone just told me that you cannot pair a windows mobile device with a Mac. That seemed strange to me given that Macs and PCs network all the time. I am assuming from these other posts that people have set the Bluetooth connection up because you’re all working on much more complicated things. Does anyone have any ideas about this?

Thanks
Jon

By: Simon

Simon — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:52:53 +0000

Got it all working with a mac and an XDA Orbit from BT. Can use the internet via bluetooth and the GPRS connection from the XDA. Only thing is that the mac mail won’t work. Keeps saying it can’t find the SMTP server? Any thoughts?
Simonm

By: martin ellard

martin ellard — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:29:18 +0000

Just a thought…my Palm Treo which I just swapped for the tytn 2, came with WM6 installed (not a patched dodgy version) and IT offers dial up networking, according the the microsoft link above, it was never fully removed only left as an option for the providers, so if vodafone left it out of their new phones, they left it in the Treo in which case is it somethingI can copy from the Treo’s directory and put into the Tytn 2’s windows directory???????

By: martin ellard

martin ellard — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 15:46:30 +0000

I’m running OSX 10.5.1 and have the PAN option but when my HTC is connected it is not listed on any drop down menu. in the connection on the top menu bar it’s there and connects but I can’t find it in PAN all I get is using DHCP, using DHCP with manual address, using BootP, Manually, off, Create PPPoE service and I don’t know what to put in any (if any) of these to get connection). I’ve been trying this for two days straight now and am ready to send the damn thing back)

By: Seeting up PAN for Mac - 4WinMobile.com

Seeting up PAN for Mac - 4WinMobile.com — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:36:22 +0000

[...] about using it with a Mac. I tried adding Dun support using the WM6_BT_DUN cab - but no joy. Then I found this It works a treat Thought it might help others here who want to use a mac with WM6 [...]

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:29:47 +0000

@ Mayank,

That is a good idea of r a tutorial. Unfortunately, I have abandoned my WM6 device and have moved to the iPhone. However, one thing to note about the iPhone is that you currently cannot to ANY type of internet sharing. I have tried it but it doesn’t seem to work.

In terms of your question, I would think (off the top of my head) that you could try a “Computer-to-Computer” network, hosted from your Mac, then look to connect that to your HTC. You probably have tried that but I figured I would mention it.

Let me know what you discover!

-HTD

By: Mayank

Mayank — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:13:40 +0000

Very nice! How do we do the stuff other way round. I mean i have a dsl cable internet connection on my mac. I want to share my internet connection on the mac (dsl cable) using airport with my wm6 phone (htc tytn II or at&t tilt) that has wifi. I can see my computer but cant connect to it.

A tutorial like the one above would be great!

By: Internet Connection sharing op een Imac - Pocketinfo forum

Internet Connection sharing op een Imac - Pocketinfo forum — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:11:47 +0000

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By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:05:47 +0000

@ Mez

Sorry, I don’t really understand the issue. Are you saying that you are not getting an IP address from your mac? Did you check on your WM device to see? I can’t remember if the Bluetooth changes to green or not. Did you follow the steps that I outlined?

-HTD