Sharing Internet connection with a Palm Device

[Charlie]

Hi Everyone
Is it possible to share my internet connection to my palm thru bluetooth or wifi?
Thanks

[joel]

Absolutely.

On your Powerbook:
Go to System Preferences - Sharing.
Click Internet.
Go to Share Connection with: (and choose network connection)
Go to "To Computers Using:" and check Airport.
Finally, click the Start button (under Internet Sharing) and make sure Energy Saver is set not to make the Powerbook sleep.

On your TH55:
Go to Prefs - Network
Click Details
Click Scan
Then choose your Powerbook.

Fire up Netfront and enjoy

[Charlie]

wow thanks joel , it worked =)
How about hotsyncing thru bluetooth or wifi is it possible?
Thanks in advance

[joel]

Glad to hear it!

You can only hotsync through Bluetooth but it's too slow. I remember that my first Bluetooth hotsync took almost an hour to finish. WiFi is best for PC's, but hopefully Mark/Space (the creators of The Missing Sync) will provide WiFi syncing support soon.

Pre-hotsync checklist:
1. Install Palm Desktop 4.21 for the Mac. It's available for free at PalmOne (but you would have to fill up a form so that the download link will be emailed to you). Restart.
2. Download and install the iSync Palm Conduit v1.2. It's also free at Apple. The conduit won't install if it can't find Palm Desktop so make sure you have it installed already.
3. Purchase and install The Missing Sync. It's available for $29.95 at Mark/Space. I used to know by heart which Clies need and do not need The Missing Sync. I need seamless iSync, iCal, iPhoto, and iTunes support that's why I opted to purchase The Missing Sync. The installation will close all active applications and will request for a restart.

Here are the steps for Bluetooth syncing:

On your Powerbook:
Go to System Preferences - Bluetooth.
Click Devices then click Pair New Device. Wait until your Powerbook finds your TH55 (your hotsync name should appear) then click the Pair button.

On your TH55:
Go to Hotsync.
Open the menu and choose Connection Setup. Tap New. Then...
Name: any
Connect to: PC
Via: Bluetooth
Device: choose your Powerbook (a message should appear about adding a trusted device, tap yes)
Tap Done.
We're back in the Hotsync window. Select Local then choose your Powerbook from the drop down list under the Hotsync icon.

Most of these are found in my blog and at our site at Cliesource. Happy syncing!

[BearGirl33]

These days it's easy to connect to your PC and share Internet connection and you don't need to have additional software of your PC or Palm. All you need is a Bluetooth USB adapter. By the way, interesting trivia—Bluetooth is named after the Danish king, Harold Bluetooth Gormson and the Bluetooth logo are his initials!

[penmanila]

are you aware that you're responding to the six-year-old thread?

please introduce yourself--otherwise we mods might suspect that you're simply advertising you website, in which case your posts will be removed.

Exactly. However, you just have to be careful in purchase a bluetooth adapter because of compatibility issues... I am using a generic one, and it's not compatible to most of my phones..


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[chemistmd]

hi. i'm a newbie mac user and a newbie philMUG member.
would like to ask if anyone has an update to this thread. i'm using a snow leopard macbook and a palm centro. my epocrates is almost a month out of date but can't autoupdate on my mac. i can't hotsync via windows virtualization (must be a vmware limitation... another topic altogether). it'd really be great if someone can help me with this. if i can get my palm to autoupdate my epocrates thru mac internet sharing, and without 3rd party apps, my shift to mac will really be complete
thanks