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Need help with IphoneModem
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open it on your mac, hit connect. Your mac will then create an ad-hoc wifi network which you need to connect to on your iphone before launching iphonemodem on it. Once connected, open iphonemodem and it should connect you within a couple of seconds.
thats what it does for me at least!
thats what it does for me at least!
you need to make sure that you open the iphone modem on your mac first. Wait until it says "Waiting for iPhone" and then open the app on the iphone.
Has always worked for me.
Has always worked for me.
i've tried it both ways. still nothing works. opening it on the mac first then phone then vice versa. still nada.
knowing what I know now I would have. But I just bought the iphonemodem and really want it to work cause I done paid for the program and all. But i'm glad someone else has the same problem that I do. I just wish there was some way I can fix it.
I'm having the same problem in that the two just sit there waiting for each other... Guess I will try PDAnet.
My fix to this problem
Here is how I resolved this issue. I am using Snow Leopard and Iphone modem 3 with an iPhone 3GS v3.1.2
1. Start with everything shut down to include airport and your wifi connection on the iPhone
2. Open up the Network tab under the system preferences and select the ad-hock network name you use. It will say that it can't connect because airport is not on or something like that.
3. leave it open and then open up the iPhone Modem 3 application on your computer and hit Connect. It will fire up airport and create the ad-hoc network connection.
4. Watch the Network screen until it assigns an ip address under the Status section.
5. This step may be unnecessary but its what I did. Go to your wifi setting page on the iPhone and click the arrow next to the network name and then select forget this network.
6. Change the ip address to static and manually type in the address seen on the computer Network status screen.
7. Go back out to wifi networks and select the ad-hoc network name you use. You will have to retype the password. (If you don't remember it, you can change in the options section on the computer)
8. Close out the setting page on the iPhone and then finally select the iPhone Modem 3 program on the iPhone. Here is where it finally connects.
Strange thing is that as soon as it connected, the ip address changed and after going back into the iPhone's network setting area, it went back to DHCP. Don't know if things will work better next time or if I'll have to repeat the process...
Here is how I resolved this issue. I am using Snow Leopard and Iphone modem 3 with an iPhone 3GS v3.1.2
1. Start with everything shut down to include airport and your wifi connection on the iPhone
2. Open up the Network tab under the system preferences and select the ad-hock network name you use. It will say that it can't connect because airport is not on or something like that.
3. leave it open and then open up the iPhone Modem 3 application on your computer and hit Connect. It will fire up airport and create the ad-hoc network connection.
4. Watch the Network screen until it assigns an ip address under the Status section.
5. This step may be unnecessary but its what I did. Go to your wifi setting page on the iPhone and click the arrow next to the network name and then select forget this network.
6. Change the ip address to static and manually type in the address seen on the computer Network status screen.
7. Go back out to wifi networks and select the ad-hoc network name you use. You will have to retype the password. (If you don't remember it, you can change in the options section on the computer)
8. Close out the setting page on the iPhone and then finally select the iPhone Modem 3 program on the iPhone. Here is where it finally connects.
Strange thing is that as soon as it connected, the ip address changed and after going back into the iPhone's network setting area, it went back to DHCP. Don't know if things will work better next time or if I'll have to repeat the process...