Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Using Your WM Phone as a BT Modem

I’ve been trying to figure out for the longest how to use the internet plan I already pay for on my cell phone to surf the internet from my laptop without having to purchase another internet plan just for that!

Configuring Internet Sharing for Bluetooth

Well, I found this excellent article online recently that shows you just how to do that and it worked beautifully! I was able to use the internet and wirelessly at that in the Caribbean on a recent trip where internet is tough to get.

The article begins talking about pairing your laptop to your phone. Of course you will need to get a USB BlueTooth dongle which is relatively inexpensive.

After pairing your devices then you have to set the type of connection for your internet sharing using an app called “Internet Sharing” on your phone. That’s the critical piece I had been missing. Once you do that it is as easy as pie to connect and begin using that expensive data plan you already pay for on your phone. 

The full article

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