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Old January 1st, 2009, 03:34 AM
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Question Bluetooth networking

hello, need a little help. I have a Mac PowerBook G4 with Mac OSX 10.4.11. the Mac only has Bluetooth, I also have a Pc with Bluetooth on Xp.

what I want to do is to link my Mac -(BT) to PC (BT) which i have connected to my wifi network.
My issue is on the Mac I dont see an option for networking via bluetooh only modems or other.

Any help on this would great.

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Old January 1st, 2009, 05:25 AM
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Why not just network your machines using wifi? It will be MUCH faster.

Just hit command + K on your mac and browse for your pc machine.
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Old January 1st, 2009, 05:27 AM
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This page describes it working using Vista and OS X, though I know you're in XP:
http://blog.fosketts.net/2008/07/25/...en-pc-and-mac/
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Sounds to me like the PB doesn't have WiFi.
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Sounds to me like the PB doesn't have WiFi.
Right, that's why I gave him the Bluetooth option as well.
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Mac-BT to PC-BT to Internet

Hi Natobasso thanks for the suggestions, while the topic was interesting its something i am already doing. the issue is to use the PC as I would say a mobile phone and use the BT from the MAc to link to the BT on the PC and then bridge the connection to my wifi. that way my mac is no the network and also on the internet .. like a PAN to a WAN...
anyother places I could look for help ?
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Not sure what you want to do really. But if you want, you could start Internet Sharing on your mac and then your pc logs into the mac to use it's wireless internet.
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This page shows how to use a PC to allow a PDA to access the internet via Bluetooth. It should work if you just substitute the iPaq for your Mac...
http://www.tweaks2k2.com/How_to/bluetooth_network.htm

(@natobasso: it's the PC that has WiFi, the Mac only has BT, read the first post...)
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