share 3G via WiFi?

[GuardianZX9]

I thought I saw a .cab file here somewhere that would allow you to bridge the 3G/EDGE connection to the WiFi connection so I can share my 3G over WiFi to laptop or whatever.

Anyone seen this? I cant remember the name, thought it was something like WMBridge or something.

Thanks
G

[ice_coffee]

I thought I saw a .cab file here somewhere that would allow you to bridge the 3G/EDGE connection to the WiFi connection so I can share my 3G over WiFi to laptop or whatever.

Anyone seen this? I cant remember the name, thought it was something like WMBridge or something.

Thanks
G

internet connection sharing will allow you to share your 3G over bluetooth or USB to your laptop !!

[ice_coffee]

and now that I think about it you can almost certainly go through the arduous and difficult task of getting activesync to connect over an adhoc wifi connection, once that is done you will be able to use the phone as a 3G modem for your laptop.

[Pmanuk]

and now that I think about it you can almost certainly go through the arduous and difficult task of getting activesync to connect over an adhoc wifi connection, once that is done you will be able to use the phone as a 3G modem for your laptop.
u can do it tht way but its hard, and requires a registry hack, which to be fair doesnt work all that well, disconns after a couple of mins at best, bluetooth is the way to go if u want wireless connecton, although i use the lead for security, u can use the 3g conn as a modem, but then if u like us use tmob wb and walk then u cnt use ur data package.

hope this helps

Peter

[techntrek]

The app is called wmWifiRouter. Looks like they just came out with a new version the 10th. Forget bluetooth, its not secured at all, and only lets you share with one device. With wmwifirouter you can share with many. See the link below.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=341398

[GuardianZX9]

excellent that is exactly what I was looking for, I will play with it today and see if I can get it to work.

Thanks
G

[techntrek]

Should be a simple matter of copying the exe to your device and running it. It takes care of all the registry settings, starting up Internet Sharing, keeping the connection alive, and with the latest version you can even put the unit to sleep and your connection will stay alive. About the only thing it doesn't do is set up a peer-to-peer profile with a fixed IP address, but the thread above walks you through that. Make sure you set the profile to use WPA encryption (NOT WEP or 'open') and set a password.

[wgary]

The app is called wmWifiRouter. Looks like they just came out with a new version the 10th. Forget bluetooth, its not secured at all, and only lets you share with one device. With wmwifirouter you can share with many. See the link below.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=341398
I finally got around to trying this and have had no luck. I followed the directions as best as I could tell. Anyone verify if this works on the Athena? I used to have the method set up manually but hadn't set it up again since updating to AP3.0. This would be much handier... if works!

[eaglesteve]

I finally got around to trying this and have had no luck. I followed the directions as best as I could tell. Anyone verify if this works on the Athena? I used to have the method set up manually but hadn't set it up again since updating to AP3.0. This would be much handier... if works!

Powell,

Why not build this into AP 4.0 ROM?

[Pawel062]

Powell,

Why not build this into AP 4.0 ROM?

i was trying for 3.0 actually but couldnt get it to work at time bc of confusing instructions. i will though in 4.0 100%

[MWillis561]

I verify that it works with the Athena and it works great. Let me know if your having trouble. I've been using it everyday now with no problems.

[wgary]

i was trying for 3.0 actually but couldnt get it to work at time bc of confusing instructions. i will though in 4.0 100%
The directions are confusing because the newer method was grafted onto the same thread as the older method. So it's hard to tell what's what. I put about an hour into this but made no progress. The exe file doesn't appear to do anything on the Athena...

[wgary]

I verify that it works with the Athena and it works great. Let me know if your having trouble. I've been using it everyday now with no problems.Sorry, just saw your response as I wrote mine. Here is what I did:
1. set up an ad hoc network on my Athena. IP address 192.168.0.1 (another place saide 192.168.0.7--tried both)
2. Set up on my client (MacBook Pro). A connection was established.
3. Ran the exe file -- nothing happened. One comment said to deactivate the network before running. I did this in various degrees with no success.
4. Also opened up the Internet Sharing applet and tried to connect manually -- "USB cable is not connected."

Clearly I'm missing something here. It would be very handy to have this capability. Can you clarify??

[techntrek]

Not sure why you are having a problem - I unzipped the zip, transfered the exe to the athena and it ran on the first try after first setting up the ad-hoc wifi connection (settings, connections, wi-fi, network adapters tab, IEEE..., use specific IP address in the 192.168.x.x range; then go to the other tab and set up an ad-hoc connection).

[jeremy100]

I had an even worse experience. Everytime I ran the exe, my Athena locked up, needing a complete reset each time.

I gave up in the end .

I have got other methods to work using Mortscipts, but it does seem like something that would be well worth someones time sorting out for the good of us all.

[techntrek]

Have you tried the latest version of wmWifiRouter? The developer released a new version of it earlier this month. Its on version 0.8 now.