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How to use your Dash as a Modem

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Using Internet Sharing

With Internet Sharing, you can use your phone as an external modem for another device such as a PDA or notebook computer.

Notes:

  1. • If you want to use a USB cable connection, you must first install Microsoft ActiveSync version 4.2 or later on the computer.
  2. • Before using Internet Sharing, disable ActiveSync on your computer. To disable ActiveSync, open ActiveSync then select

File > Connection Settings and clear Allow USB Connections.

Set up the phone as a modem

To set up the phone as a USB modem

1

. On your phone, select Start > Accessories > Internet Sharing.

2. In the PC Connection list, select USB.

3

. In the Network Connection list, select the name of connection that your phone uses to connect to the Internet. ****

4

. Plug in the USB cable between your phone and the computer. ****

5

. Select Connect. ****

To end the Internet connection

• On the Internet Sharing screen, select Disconnect.

Use the phone as a Bluetooth modem

You can connect your phone to a notebook or desktop computer through Bluetooth and use the phone as a modem for the computer.

For the computer to use the Internet connection of your phone, activate Internet Sharing on your phone, then set up a Bluetooth Personal Area Network (PAN) between the computer and your phone.

1

. On your phone, turn on Bluetooth and set it to Visible mode. ****

2

. Initiate a Bluetooth partnership from your phone by following the steps in "To create a Bluetooth partnership."

Alternatively, you can initiate a Bluetooth partnership from the computer by following these steps (based on Windows XP SP2):

a

. In the Control Panel or System Tray, double-click the Bluetooth Devices icon. ****

b

. In the Bluetooth Devices window, click Add. ****

c

. The Add Bluetooth Device Wizard opens. Select the My device is set up and ready to be found check box, then click Next. ****

d

. The wizard then detects your phone and displays its name in the dialog box. Select the phone name, then click Next. ****

e

. Select Let me choose my own passkey, then enter a passkey (1 up to 16 digits) that will serve as an identification number for establishing a secure connection between your phone and the computer. Click Next. ****

f

. A confirmation message appears on your phone. Click Yes to accept the connection, enter the same passcode, then click Next. ****

g

. On the computer, click Finish to exit the wizard. ****

h

. On your phone’s Partnership Settings screen, you can change the display name for the computer, then click Finish. ****

3

. Now, open the Internet Sharing program on your phone. Select Start

> Accessories > Internet Sharing.

4

. Select Bluetooth PAN as the PC Connection.

5. From the

Network Connection list, select the name of the connection that your phone uses to connect to the Internet. ****

6

. Select Connect. ****

7

. On your computer, set up a Bluetooth Personal Area Network (PAN) with your phone:

a

. Click Start > Control Panel > Network Connections.

b

. Under Personal Area Network, click the Bluetooth Network Connection icon. ****

c

. Under Network Tasks, click View Bluetooth network devices. ****

d

. In the Bluetooth Personal Area Network Devices dialog box, select your phone, then click Connect. ****

8

. On the Internet Sharing screen on your phone, check if a connected status is displayed, which indicates that your computer has been successfully connected to the Internet using your phone as a Bluetooth modem

Comments

  • Anonymous
    March 21, 2007
    Great post, thanks for the information!!

  • Anonymous
    April 05, 2007
    Nice summary--many thanks! Is there any way to run BOTH ActiveSync and ICS simultaneously?  I need to have both running in order to update various medical software (e.g. MercK Medicus).  I used to be able to do it running XPSP2 on my laptop and WM5 on my PDA with Bluetooth DUN and ActiveSync--but since I upgraded to WM6 I cannot get ActiveSync to run while ICS is running.

  • Anonymous
    April 06, 2007
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  • Anonymous
    May 04, 2007
    But the real question is, How to do this under VISTA ? :)

  • Anonymous
    May 08, 2007

  1. ReadyBoost - if you upgraded to Vista, you can add a USB flashdrive or an SD Card to speed up your

  • Anonymous
    May 10, 2007
    Hello does anyone know how to share a modem connection from the dash to a PDA(Advantage 7550)on a Bluetooth pairing.  

  • Anonymous
    June 13, 2007
    Thanks for the clear instructions!   These worked like charm. Albeit a dismally-slow-24Kbps-84Kbps-internet-connection charm, but a charm nonetheless. ;)  In a pinch, this'll do! C.

  • Anonymous
    July 23, 2007
    Did anyone figure out how to use the Dash's internet sharing on Vista?

  • Anonymous
    September 12, 2007
    well I may not have solved anything new but I got my Dash's proxy internet sharing connection to work with my Vista finally!  Read here http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1239450 Hope it works for you guys, add a comment and let me know how it turns out!

  • Anonymous
    September 21, 2007
    Hey, kinda working, kinda not.  i can't connect to the device because i don't know my phone's bluetooth security code.  where the heck do i find this on the dash?

  • Anonymous
    November 04, 2007
    Yeah again thanks!  I've been trying to figure it out for awhile.

  • Anonymous
    February 16, 2008
    worked perfect! I only set up the usb, but as quick as I got set up with your clear instructions I am sure I will get the wireless up as well! Thanks...

  • Anonymous
    April 01, 2008
    Does anyone know how to internet share between 2 Dash's (mine and my wife's)? I have a data plan - her's does not. I called T-Mobile and they instructed me to go though what appears is the same way to hook up to a PC via Bluetooth - but can't seem to get her's to work.

  • Anonymous
    April 23, 2008
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  • Anonymous
    April 12, 2009
    worked great! Much easier than the other articles I read while searching on Google for "dash usb modem." Thanks!

  • Anonymous
    May 27, 2009
    I can get the connection working but can't send email through Outlook on my computer when using the Dash as a modem (though I can receive them).  Any thoughts?