Comments on: iPhone WiFi Router – PDA Net makes iPhone 3G tethering easier than ever

By: Surge

Surge — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 19:39:18 +0000

Johnny has it right. This article is misleading..WMWifiRouter and JoikuSpot (for Symbian S60) actually bridge the connections and turn the device into a virtual hot spot. Multiple computers can access it. With PDA Net, only ONE computer can access it. It’s still very cool, but WMWR and JoikuSpot just have so much more features.

By: godwulf

godwulf — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:21:18 +0000

doesn’t the data use rate go way over the 5gb limit all wireless isp’s dictate when you do all that surfing on your laptop?

By: Vishal

Vishal — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:06:02 +0000

This works very well but not as a Wifi Router – like the solutions available on Wm6 and Symbian. An ad-hoc connection is required. The difference with other solutions is that a native on-deck mobile app uses both radios 3g and Wifi to bridge it and create a router like environment – so that multiple laptops can connect and surf.

By: LUIS JIMENEZ

LUIS JIMENEZ — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:12:50 +0000

guys im sooooo happppyyyy i have a jailbroken and unlocked ipphone 3g and guessss what when i installed pdanet i check the speed of my iphone tethering conection and i went o speedmeter by 2wire and it was 2.2 mbps this is really good then later i check again and it was going upppp to 3.6 mbps i never experience this before but this is the best pdanet software im staying with it for life guys good luck and stop paying high prices to att and unlock you iphone 3g

By: EH

EH — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:17:36 +0000

Paul — Wondering if you ever got your linux laptop to work, or if you just gave up? I had the same issue trying to set up a EeePC loaded with the eeeBuntu Linux load yesterday. I could connect to the ad-hoc network I made from both the iPhone and the laptop, and could ping the iPhone’s wifi IP from the laptop, but every time I tried to start the PDANet application mine also stated it was ready and I needed to connect to the ad-hoc wireless network, which was obviously already done since the laptop could ping the phone’s wifi IP successfully. I was thinking of looking into iptables or some other firewall restrictions that might be causing it to fail the last step.

By: NewJohnny

NewJohnny — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:41:52 +0000

To set the record straight: pdanet is NOT a wifi router app. It only shares 3g with one other computer. It’s the computer that is the router. You cannot connect devices that can’t do ad-hoc, unlike a real wifi router.

By: paul

paul — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:32:57 +0000

well .. im trying this in linux and it just doesnt work.

I can connect the phone & laptop to one another just fine it seems, as I am able to ping back & forth. I can also ping the IP i see for ‘3G’ which i assume is my provider’s ip..

now, when launch PDANet it doesn’t say it cannot find the wifi connection, it says that it is ‘ready’. But it then says to go connect the iPhone to the ad-hoc network which it should already be, since PDANet doesnt say ‘that it cant find it’ …

when I dhcp my network interface im given an ip for my laptop, but no nameservers appear. this leads me to believe that the ‘wifi router’ thing just doesnt work.

By: abdulkarim

abdulkarim — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 11:08:47 +0000

my windows pc doesnot have the “Wireless Networks” tab in Wireless connections properties. what should i do ? plz help me.

By: forall

forall — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:07:09 +0000

Justice, maybe that’s what he was referring to, but since this set of instructions enables 3G speeds, his reference was tenuous at best.

By: justice

justice — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:52:47 +0000

To IPhoneGuy, quit being a condescending idiot. EVDOinfo was referring to:

9. Enjoy the full power of high-speed wireless data!

By: Will Park

Will Park — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:47:24 +0000

Try restarting the iPhone? It should work just fine…

By: shekeb

shekeb — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:21:18 +0000

i have jailbreaked my iphone i installed cydia and than pdanet i have also made ad hoc computer to computer conectioin. and all wifi are connected but still i cant make internet conection

can anybody tell me wht to do

thnks

By: IphoneGuy

IphoneGuy — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:30:46 +0000

TO EVDOinfo, if you knew how to read and comprehend you will notice that no where in this post does he state that EDGE is “high speed wireless data.”

Please learn to read before making a fool of yourself.

Children these days, lol.

By: EVDOinfo

EVDOinfo — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:53:12 +0000

EDGE is “high speed wireless data”?

Man, I didn’t know I could spew diet coke that far.

Thanks for clearing the nasal passages!