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|  A better idea - turn cellphone in to wireless access point
That makes tethering automatic. Your cellphone in effect becomes a wireless router accepting WiFi connections from any laptop or netbook. Atheros, maker of huge numbers of WiFi chips is planning a chip for cellphones.
»www.pcworld.com/article/156873/a···rss_news
Chip maker Atheros is, for example, working on a technology that will be able to turn a mobile phone into an access point.
The phone will look just like any Wi-Fi access point or hot spot when connecting. Wi-Fi will be used between the PC and the phone, while the phone will connect to the Internet using its mobile broadband connection, meaning, for example, HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access).
Up to four users will be able to connect to the phone at the same time, and there will be support for features such as security using WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access), according to Atheros.
A phone equipped with the Wi-Fi capability will be released later this year, according to Atheros, but the company isn't ready to name any names at this point in time, spokesman Greg Wood said. Maybe their chip will show up in an Android phone or a Palm. But don't expect it to show up at Apple or AT&T or Verizon any time soon.
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1 edit | said by TKJunkMail  :That makes tethering automatic. Your cellphone in effect becomes a wireless router accepting WiFi connections from any laptop or netbook. Atheros, maker of huge numbers of WiFi chips is planning a chip for cellphones. » www.pcworld.com/article/156873/a···rss_newsChip maker Atheros is, for example, working on a technology that will be able to turn a mobile phone into an access point.
The phone will look just like any Wi-Fi access point or hot spot when connecting. Wi-Fi will be used between the PC and the phone, while the phone will connect to the Internet using its mobile broadband connection, meaning, for example, HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access).
Up to four users will be able to connect to the phone at the same time, and there will be support for features such as security using WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access), according to Atheros.
A phone equipped with the Wi-Fi capability will be released later this year, according to Atheros, but the company isn't ready to name any names at this point in time, spokesman Greg Wood said. Maybe their chip will show up in an Android phone or a Palm. But don't expect it to show up at Apple or AT&T or Verizon any time soon. Been doing that for a year+ with my xv6700 and xv6800.
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Matt
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Jamestown, NC | reply to TKJunkMail
My old HTC Verizon XV6700 could do this. |
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CCNnorthcali
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I have been doing this with my N95. Works well, but since I'm on T-Mobile I only get edge speeds. |
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| I've done this on Symbian and on Windows Mobile, but I can only get it to work in ad hoc mode. None of these solutions have allowed the chipset to go into AP mode. For most things this is just fine. I have a Sirius Stilleto that won't work in ad hoc mode - only AP mode. |
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