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- 07-18-2006, 08:38 AM #1Guest
I have a Nokia N80 wi-fi smart phone and would like to use my ADSL
broadband connection to browse the web on my phone instead of browsing
via expensive GPRS. I do not have a wi-fi router installed. My
question is this: could I create a wi-fi access point on my PC using a
cheap USB wi-fi dongle (eg 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11G USB Adapter)
and enabling Internet Connection Sharing on the PC/device or is the
only way to create the access point via a dedicated wi-fi router setup?
Thanks for your help.
Luigi.
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- 07-18-2006, 09:22 AM #2MooGuest
Re: N80 and USB Wi-Fi Dongle
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>I have a Nokia N80 wi-fi smart phone and would like to use my ADSL
> broadband connection to browse the web on my phone instead of browsing
> via expensive GPRS. I do not have a wi-fi router installed. My
> question is this: could I create a wi-fi access point on my PC using a
> cheap USB wi-fi dongle (eg 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11G USB Adapter)
> and enabling Internet Connection Sharing on the PC/device or is the
> only way to create the access point via a dedicated wi-fi router setup?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Luigi.
>
Well what I say is that I got everyone working on my 3230 then found that
there was actually no point as surfing the net is far better on a computer
and anything I could download to my phone can be transferred via blue tooth
anyway.
- 07-18-2006, 11:58 AM #3MeGuest
Re: N80 and USB Wi-Fi Dongle
"Moo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I have a Nokia N80 wi-fi smart phone and would like to use my ADSL
>> broadband connection to browse the web on my phone instead of browsing
>> via expensive GPRS. I do not have a wi-fi router installed. My
>> question is this: could I create a wi-fi access point on my PC using a
>> cheap USB wi-fi dongle (eg 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11G USB Adapter)
>> and enabling Internet Connection Sharing on the PC/device or is the
>> only way to create the access point via a dedicated wi-fi router setup?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Luigi.
>>
>
> Well what I say is that I got everyone working on my 3230 then found that
> there was actually no point as surfing the net is far better on a computer
> and anything I could download to my phone can be transferred via blue
> tooth anyway.
>
This may be the case, but does not answer the OP's question. The answer
should be "yes". A bit funny though that WLAN provides this capability while
it would have been possible with any BT capable phone too (with a BT dongle
at the PC, providing internet access, and it was until the BT support was
disabled as far as I know).
- 07-18-2006, 01:50 PM #4Guest
Re: N80 and USB Wi-Fi Dongle
> >
> This may be the case, but does not answer the OP's question. The answer
> should be "yes". A bit funny though that WLAN provides this capability while
> it would have been possible with any BT capable phone too (with a BT dongle
> at the PC, providing internet access, and it was until the BT support was
> disabled as far as I know).
Cheers!
Luigi.
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