Applespider said:
Sorry, I had a quick glance to see if Bluetooth was mentioned and it was. I didn't check closely enough to see that you can share the signal coming in via Bluetooth but not the signal going out via Bluetooh.
Good luck finding a solution!
Yup, thats for a Bluetooth modem or a cell phone. I kinda want to do the reverse.
djbahdow01 said:
So your going to run the ethernet cable to your laptop and then let the bluetooth send out to other computers/PDA'a. Don't you want the portability of the laptop.
Well when at school it would be temporary-- ethernet into PowerBook, Bluetooth out for friend, and then after we're done, cord comes out.
At night I could use this feature because then I could be in my bed and online with my Palm. See, I have a loft bed, and its a PITA and dangerous to carry my PowerBook up/down the ladder. But if it is safely below sending out BT waves, then I can be on the internet
😀.
An update on that earlier page...
The AppleScript for starting to share includes the line about starting the PPP server. I made a new BT serial port named "BT_IS" for the sole purpose of sharing an internet connection. I also didn't want to screw with my Palm's settings.
Code:
do shell script "sudo /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/tty.BT_IS 115200 noauth local passive proxyarp asyncmap 0 silent persist :10.0.1.201 &" with administrator privileges
do shell script "sudo /usr/sbin/sysctl -w net.inet.ip.forwarding=1"
do shell script "sudo /usr/sbin/natd -same_ports -use_sockets -log -deny_incoming -interface en0"
do shell script "sudo /sbin/ipfw add divert natd ip from any to any via en0"
If I'm getting this right, by changing both of the "en0"s to "en1" I would be sharing my Airport connection, right? Run as-is I get the response "Cannot resolve network interface" so, because I'm on Airport, I'll change the 'en0' to 'en1'. This gives me this in the result pane:
"00100 divert 8668 ip from any to any via en1"
I'm guessing that means it is working.
But...
When the Palm tries to connect, it hits a snag on "Signing On". It finds the PowerBook just fine but then it stops with the error "Error: PPP timeout (0x1231)"
Meh.
Would it make a difference that in the article the guy has a Tungsten|T3 and I just have the |T? They both have bluetooth and are pretty similar save for processor and memory differences. Oh, and the |T3 has a bigger screen. But thats it...
