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jagger2k Posts: > 500

i have managed to create a PAN conection and i can get it to conect between my pc and laptop, is there anyway i can use wireless internet like this?
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Posted: 2005-07-17 23:21:00
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Cycovision Posts: > 500

Do you mean share an internet connection between two bluetooth paired PCs / Lappys?

If so then the answer is currently 'Dont know'!

There's another thread around here somewhere on a similar subject, the guy is trying to share internet access over bluetooth but as far as I know he hasn't succeeded yet.

I reckon it's possible but you'll probably need third party software, I don't think windows has got internet sharing over BT built in.

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Posted: 2005-07-18 09:51:35
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Luke-the-magic-man Posts: > 500

what you need to do, is now set up a wirless network, that should allow you to connect to the net over the network
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Posted: 2005-07-18 09:54:28
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diakim Posts: 41

It is possible to share internet connection between two bluetooth enabled PCs. Though I've not tried it between PCs before, I 've done it successfully between my laptop and my Nokia N-Gage.

If it is the PC that have internet connection, then set up you laptop network to use the PC as the Gateway or entered the PC's IP address in the LAN connection seetings of your Internet Explorer. I believe it should work either of these ways.

To see how I browse internet using bluetooth on my cellphone, which will give you better idea on this, you may check out 'Internet On Bluetooth' on
http://diakim2.blogspot.com/2005_05_01_diakim2_archive.html

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Posted: 2005-07-18 14:36:59
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ten18 Posts: > 500

when you right click the BT icon do you get a list of connection options?
like in this pic:

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Posted: 2005-07-18 18:49:54
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Cycovision Posts: > 500

@lukebonathan

That's the bit that we don't know yet, whether or not XP allows you to use a BT dongle as a wireless networking device. If anyone does try it, please let me know how it went! My money's on it not working without third party software.
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Posted: 2005-07-18 19:23:41
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jagger2k Posts: > 500

no mine comes up like this:

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Posted: 2005-07-18 21:42:10
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