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NetShare HOW TO

Perfect timing!

This is the greatest App yet. I am going on vacation next week and I am going to use this on the road with my Macbook.

Even though I have EDGE, it does seem to run very smoothly.

Thanks Mac-Addict for posting this, otherwise I would have had no clue how to get it set up :)
 
ncsmith4 said:
Before I try this... Does "tethering" require the iPhone to be connected to the computer via a USB cable? Or does it work wirelessly?
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Netshare turns your phone into a Wifi hotspot for your computer. How's that for a brainteaser?

Thanks for the tutorial. Up and running and posting this from my netshared MBA.:D
 
Tip for Troubleshooting Netshare wireless tethering

Sometimes I can't get my laptop to tether to the iPhone, so I use this trick to "wake up" the iPhones AT&T data connection. Do the following if you've followed the first post's directions to a T and you still can't connect:

1. Go to the wifi settings on the iPhone and shut it completely off
2. open MobileSafari (or just wait) to get the iPhone to start using the data connection (3G or Edge), make sure you see the little "E" or "3G" symbol on the phone, NOT the wifi broadcast icon
3. *now* go back to the iPhone's wifi settings, turn it back on, make sure it's connecting to the "iPhone tethering" access point (or whatever you named it)
4. quickly open up NetShare, hopefully the laptop will connect now

NUTSHELL: Basically just make sure the AT&T data connection on the iPhone is on, *active*, and working; THEN open up NetShare to broadcast that connection to your laptop.

Edit: I'd like to emphasize my use of the word "active" again. You have to make sure that the iPhone is not only switched on to using an AT&T data connection, but that it is actually in use. This means that the iPhone is not only listening for the data signal but also that a connection has been made with an AT&T cell tower. In other words, make sure you actually see some data going into your phone when you open up MobileSafari; browse to a real page and see something. Then switch on the wifi and quickly open NetShare before the iPhone decides it prefers the wifi over the 3G/Edge.

One more note: for anyone who's saying that NetShare is buggy because it doesn't seem to work reliably, it's only "unreliable" because of the iPhone preferred connection can be switched on the fly automatically be the phone. Apple put this (good) behavior on the phone for a reason (switching from wifi->3G or vice versa when appropriate), which is what makes NetShare work only sometimes. Which is why you have to force off the wifi when it is currently in use by the iPhone. Which is also why your NetShare tether will stop working when the phone goes to sleep (it switches off the 3G to save battery life) after a few minutes. This modal switching behavior is good for usability and battery life but bad for an app that (hackily) depends on a stable connection mode.
 
grimslade said:
Netshare turns your phone into a Wifi hotspot for your computer. How's that for a brainteaser?

Thanks for the tutorial. Up and running and posting this from my netshared MBA.:D
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No your mac turns into the wifi hotspot NOT the iPhone.
 
08mxkfx said:
anyone figure it out for windows?
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i'm very curious about this as well. kinda dont want to put down $10 without know for sure. i guess it should be ok though. just need to do proper socks settings in IE or whatever, and have wifi on your pc connect to adhoc network with proper IP settings
 
nomar383 said:
I apologize, I didn't feel like reading every post lol, but do I have to do this process every time I want to tether?
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I've been trying to figure this out as well. It looks like I have to change all the settings back to what they were originally under "Network Preferences" in order to browse the internet on my normal wireless router.

Can anyone confirm this?
 
anyone get this working on a MacBook Air yet? I'm striking out for some reason
 
JW008 said:
I've been trying to figure this out as well. It looks like I have to change all the settings back to what they were originally under "Network Preferences" in order to browse the internet on my normal wireless router.

Can anyone confirm this?
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Just set up a dedicated location. It's in the Network settings, first thing on top. Click on the locations button, and custom create a new one for NetShare. When you switch locations, the settings will change accordingly.
 
JW008 said:
I've been trying to figure this out as well. It looks like I have to change all the settings back to what they were originally under "Network Preferences" in order to browse the internet on my normal wireless router.

Can anyone confirm this?
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Save yourself some time and save the tethering settings as a "location" under your network prefs. When you want to tether, select the tethering location, and for all other purposes switch your laptop back to the default location. Works great for me.
 
@leukotriene

Your instructions solved my problem straight away, you've gotta give the data network a little shove first it seems right now, but again I guess that can be updated with a bug fix. Cheers!
 
phannon666 said:
@leukotriene

Your instructions solved my problem straight away, you've gotta give the data network a little shove first it seems right now, but again I guess that can be updated with a bug fix. Cheers!
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I have tried everything but i can't get it to work. I follow the instructions screen for screen with the walkthrough. i connect to it on my phone and computer then go back to the netshare and try browsing but doesn't work. any thoughts?
 
DonSqueak said:
Just set up a dedicated location. It's in the Network settings, first thing on top. Click on the locations button, and custom create a new one for NetShare. When you switch locations, the settings will change accordingly.
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leukotriene said:
Save yourself some time and save the tethering settings as a "location" under your network prefs. When you want to tether, select the tethering location, and for all other purposes switch your laptop back to the default location. Works great for me.
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Thanks! I just figured it out! I'm still amazed at how well it works over EDGE.
 
phannon666 said:
@leukotriene

Your instructions solved my problem straight away, you've gotta give the data network a little shove first it seems right now, but again I guess that can be updated with a bug fix. Cheers!
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From what I can tell, this wonkiness cannot be fixed by NullSoft at all (unless they can hack around a hack). The behavior is intentional and only Apple can "fix" it in a future update or at least offer a better way to switch off the behavior via an API. Glad I could help! :)
 
leukotriene said:
From what I can tell, this wonkiness cannot be fixed by NullSoft at all (unless they can hack around a hack). The behavior is intentional and only Apple can "fix" it in a future update or at least offer a better way to switch off the behavior via an API. Glad I could help! :)
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Can't NullSoft just get the application to ping a website once it loads up? This small bit of network activity should be enough to kick things off?
 
leukotriene said:
From what I can tell, this wonkiness cannot be fixed by NullSoft at all (unless they can hack around a hack). The behavior is intentional and only Apple can "fix" it in a future update or at least offer a better way to switch off the behavior via an API. Glad I could help! :)
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I would have thought they might be able to, maybe they could just send a few random packets over the data connection, effectively kicking it off. I dunno if this is possible tho. Also just saw your other bit of advice to save a "Location", that also works great, saves a lot of messing around. Cheers
 
Am I missing something but these are instructions for 10.5 Leopard.

Has anyone got instructions for 10.4?
 
Unfortunately I have 10.4.11 Tiger and the instructions don't seem to work until I enter the word "SOCKS" into the terminal app of my jailbroken phone.

Anyone else have the Netshare working on 10.4.11?
Maybe there's something I'm missing.
 
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