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Forums › Laptops and mobile computers › Share PC wifi internet connection to UMPC via bluetooth
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#29764 18-Jan-2009 19:25
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im working on setting my umpc up with mac os x. As expected, wifi is not working. Bluetooth, however, is working fine. Is it possible for me to put a bluetooth dongle into my desktop (running vista ultimate) and share my wifi connection over bluetooth to my mac device?




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  #190422 18-Jan-2009 19:57
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If the Bluetooth adapter comes with its own software and support for PAN then it would work - but they have to be close (10m with no blocking obstacles) and speed will be no more than 115Kbps.

The Windows Bluetooth software works only as a PAN client, hence the need of additional software.




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  #190423 18-Jan-2009 19:59
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ahhh k thanks




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