Overview
For this article, I
was testing Internet
Tethering using an iPhone 3G 16GB with iPhone OS 3.0.1.
At the time of this
writing iPhone OS 3.1.2
has
just been released, and
Internet Tethering over
Bluetooth works the same
way on this firmware
version.
I tethered three
computers, one desktop PC and two notebooks. Here are the specifications of the
three PCs:
- The desktop with Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 2GB of RAM, Windows Vista Ultimate
Edition Service Pack 2 (SP2), USB Bluetooth dongle version 2.1+EDR, Microsoft
Bluetooth stack.
- Sony VAIO VGN-Z47GD laptop, Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, 6 GB of RAM, Windows Vista
Business 64-bit Edition Service Pack 2 (SP2), built-in Bluetooth radio,
Microsoft plus Widcomm Bluetooth stack.
- Toshiba PORTEGE M500 laptop, Intel Core 2 CPU, 512 MB of RAM, Windows XP
Professional Service Pack 3 (SP3), built-in Bluetooth radio, Microsoft stack
superseding Toshiba Bluetooth stack.
Should your PC run
Windows 7 OS of any
version, the
step-by-step
instructions are almost
similar. You'll find
only minor differences
in some dialog boxes or
windows.
The important points for creating this ad hoc network are
- the Bluetooth radio on each PC must support PANU (PAN
User) service/profile, and
- the built-in Microsoft generic Bluetooth stack on each PC is active. However,
you can use other Bluetooth stack provided it supports PANU profile.
The following paragraphs are the step-by-step descriptions of how I created this
PAN with iPhone 3G as a PAN-NAP/PAN server to use it for Internet Tethering and
file/folder/printer sharing.
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