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Again, I had not really thought things out everything makes perfect sense in hindsight. This made browsing a far superior experience on the laptop with enhanced response that let me move from page to page far more quickly until I found the link I wanted to read in full. On the Macintosh, those parts were immediately readable, admittedly often without all the ads and images that had yet to load. In Mobile Safari, you scroll down to what I call the endless checkboard, the bit where the page has to wait to load the part you want to view next. My computer's caching also made scrolling through a partially loaded page far more responsive. You don't have to sit and wait, locked into Safari while the page loads. The page lags remained about the same as on the iPhone, which aren't as annoying when you are on a screen where there are other things to do while waiting. In my mind, even though I know that the iPhone generally uses non-mobile websites, I thought Safari would work more slowly on a real computer. Even so, working over an EDGE-only connection proved far more responsive than I anticipated. Even in US cities, AT&T's 3G coverage can prove flakey. EDGE connections are slower 3G connections depend on reception. This let me know that I had a live connection, and was far better than waiting to see whether a Google page would time out on my Mac's browser.īy definition, the Internet connection you establish via PdaNet is limited by the network available on your iPhone. When the network finally got acknowledged, I could see the byte count immediately start climbing. This could take several tries until it "took". I found that disconnecting from a current peer-to-peer network and establishing a new network helped PdaNet to catch on to the fact that the ad-hoc connection was available. Getting PdaNet to acknowledge the ad-hoc connection I had created on my Mac was tricky. Not all was sunshine and roses when it came to PdaNet's performance. This allows you to keep track of whatever burden you're placing on the local data network. The PdaNet screen shows the number of bytes transfered, along with the number of DNS Lookups and active connections. Launch PdaNet If all has gone well, your computer should now be connected to the Internet. Find the name of the Ad-Hoc network you created and select it. Windows users can follow the directions at this tutorial on the iPhone Blog.Ĭonnect the phone to the Ad-Hoc network Press Home to exit from PdaNet.
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You can even set it to automatically require a password although I did not. Enter a name for the network (any name will do), choose "Automatic" as the channel, and click OK. Choose Create Network, and a "Create a Computer-to-Computer network" dialog opens. In Macintosh terms, open the Airport menu from the main OS X menu bar.
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Here's what I did after installing the software from Cydia: AdvertisementĬreate an ad-hoc network on your computer. Once I got an idea of how it worked, it became much easier the second time. I found PdaNet a little disconcerting the first time I tried to set it up yesterday.

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It remains free for the time being on iPhone. PdaNet normally sells for $34 on PalmOS and Windows Mobile. Go to the Cydia's search screen, enter PdaNet, and select the package to install. PdaNet was initially written as an App Store program, but it wasn't accepted. You don't need to run any special software on your computer. They only provide Internet for programs that support SOCKS proxies such as FireFox. Other jailbreak solutions like 3Proxy are more limited.
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Unlike other Internet-sharing programs, PdaNet provides full Internet service for your computer.
#PDA NET FOR IPHONE FOR FREE#
It is hosted on the ModMyI repository and available for free through Cydia. The program runs on PalmOS, Windows Mobile, as well as iPhone.

PdaNet WiFi Router is a jailbreak tethering software package from June Fabrics. This is why I decided to give PdaNet a try. People can and will make informed choices about tethering non-abusively to move past a temporary outage. There are times that work has to get done and the iPhone's limited user interface will not allow you to do that. That being said, it's understandable why people would want to have tethering on-hand as an emergency back-up. Tethering places demands on AT&T's already strained wireless network. It's also possibly why AT&T's Unlimited MEdiaNet PAYG data plan is due to be discontinued. NetShare, a tethering solution was removed from App Store for that reason. Tethering is not supported on any current AT&T iPhone plan. Some AT&T contract data plans include tethering support for a monthly premium, usually about $15 above other costs that's different from dedicated EVDO type solutions, which are meant to provide on-the-go data for laptops.
