Comments on: Turn your S60 device into a WiFi hotspot!

By: NZtechfreak

NZtechfreak — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:58:12 +0000

Thats great if only you want to connect, but when you want to share the connection with others then obviously you want something like this(for instance in group work at medical school away from the Uni WiFi network this would be gold).

Oh yeah, its Murray BTW Stefan! Glad things are good in your world – diggin the new haircut man! ;]

By: Hlorri

Hlorri — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:58:39 +0000

Why not use bluetooth DUN?

If you have an Apple notebook, or an USB-to-Bluetooth dongle, you can easily gain internet access through nearly any Bluetooth-enabled cell phone (except the iPhone).

Likewise, at least with a Mac, you can use a USB cable between your laptop and the cell phone for the same purpose.

You’ll need to know your carrier’s WAP settings (APN, username, password) – something like:
APN: “wap.cingular”
Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
Password: CINGULAR1

(these should normally be the same as the WAP settings on your phone).

By: Hubert

Hubert — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:20:36 +0000

I just tried this on my N95 8GB (on T-Mobile UK with good 3G coverage, though no HSDPA) and I wasn’t that impressed.

It works as a transparent HTTP proxy. The first website you request will be redirected to http://www.joikuspot.com, the Google search box on that page is an affiliate link (fair enough, they deserve to make money out of their app).

They seem to be caching images server-side, as loading e.g. http://news.bbc.co.uk was very slow (slower than browsing on the phone itself) and even after waiting a minute or so I still had lots of broken images.

Forget PSP gaming, the only thing this can currently do is HTTP proxying, and even that didn’t work great when I just tried it. Not as good as a real AP.

By: PseudoFinn

PseudoFinn — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 13:05:48 +0000

Fantastic work! Thanks, Stefan!

I’ve been waiting for something like this to pop up for the PSP- I’m thinking Orb on the PSP would be pushing it, but I’m going to try anyway… at any rate, it should give the ol’ PSP a little more interest and worth in my life again. The PSP will totally be making the trip to MWC now.

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:42:00 +0000

Hey Marty! I’m doing fine, agree 100% they need WPA, that would seal the deal for me.

By: NZtechfreak

NZtechfreak — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:30:09 +0000

Hey Stefan, hows it going?

Really nice find this one, too bad about the (current) lack of security though.

MAC address filtering and/or WPA (screw WEP) would be ideal, but nevertheless this is a really nice thing to be able to do when you need to.

By: Ian Chilton

Ian Chilton — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:40:02 +0000

Hi,

Whoo – i’ve been looking for something like this snice I got my iPod Touch! – Yay!!

It does need the ability to limit access by MAC address like! – preferably WEP too.

Thanks

Ian

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:48:23 +0000

Judging by the email you provided “Snidely,” you work for an operator. You sir should take the head of the company you work for out to a library and have him recite the definition of the word unlimited, aloud, three times.

By: Snidely

Snidely — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:41:54 +0000

Stefan – be sure you have called your network provider and asked to enable “phone as modem” service. Many “unlimited” phone data plans only allow for basic services and enabling wifi use may cause you to run up a massive data bill (see the guy from the Canadian oil drilling station).

By: Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:06:14 +0000

thanks for the images Chris P!

By: Johan B

Johan B — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:12:41 +0000

The coolest app in a while. And realy useable! Feels like a small revolution. Now i dont need my seperat Huwaei 3g-adapter!

By: Chris P

Chris P — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:08:32 +0000

The images I upped are far too small, these are better –

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7673/05022008038li8.jpg

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/517/05022008041ui5.jpg

The internet was pretty fast as you’d expect (using HSDPA)

By: Chris P

Chris P — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:04:18 +0000

I might consider getting an ipod touch now! I was considering an N810 but this solution is far cheaper.

I popped down to the apple store in London at lunch to try this out on an ipod touch (using my N95 8Gb) after having read this on Widsets in the cafe – how geeky is that. (Would have been geekier if I posted the images using the mobile serevr app.. but still)

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/3542/05022008038gl1.jpg

http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/5931/05022008041ia4.jpg