N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi all; 2 questions: 1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it into w wireless access point. Is there a similar app for the N900 2) Other than a wireless access point app, how do I use my N900 to connect my Linux laptop to the internet? Thanks in advance __

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Ville M. Vainio
> 1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it into > w wireless access point. Is there a similar app for the N900 Joikuspot. > > 2) Other than a wireless access point app, how do I use my N900 to connect my > Linux laptop to the internet? At least tethering via usb w

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread James Knott
Kevin Kempter wrote: Hi all; 2 questions: 1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it into w wireless access point. Is there a similar app for the N900 2) Other than a wireless access point app, how do I use my N900 to connect my Linux laptop to the internet? Tha

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Luke Reeves
Couldn't the N900 share a 3G connection to multiple laptops as an access point though? Luke Reeves On 3/8/2010 12:44 PM, James Knott wrote: Kevin Kempter wrote: Hi all; 2 questions: 1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it into w wireless access point

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Andrea Borgia
Luke Reeves wrote: > Couldn't the N900 share a 3G connection to multiple laptops as an access > point though? There is some work in this area, please check out this discussion on t.m.o.: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=30916 HTH, Andrea. ___ mae

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Kevin T. Neely
for 1) you can use Joikuspot On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Kevin Kempter wrote: > Hi all; > > 2 questions: > > 1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it > into > w wireless access point. Is there a similar app for the N900 > > 2) Other than a wireless access poi

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Kevin Kempter
On Monday 08 March 2010 10:44:55 am James Knott wrote: > Kevin Kempter wrote: > > Hi all; > > > > 2 questions: > > > > 1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it > > into w wireless access point. Is there a similar app for the N900 > > > > 2) Other than a wireless a

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Luke Reeves
JoikuSpot will do exactly what you need then. It's not free but it's pretty cheap: http://www.joikushop.com/index.php?action=products&mode=productDetails&product_id=1061 Luke On 3/8/2010 4:39 PM, Kevin Kempter wrote: On Monday 08 March 2010 10:44:55 am James Knott wrote: Kevin Kempte

Re: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-08 Thread Gunter Ohrner
Kevin Kempter wrote: > 2) Other than a wireless access point app, how do I use my N900 to > connect my Linux laptop to the internet? I don't know whether you'd like to have and point-and-click-solution of are prepared to reconfigure the device via the command line. In the latter case, I guess it

RE: N900 as an internet device

2010-03-09 Thread Jarmo.Tikka
Hi, >Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:35:25 -0700 >From: Kevin Kempter >Subject: N900 as an internet device >To: maemo-users@maemo.org > >Hi all; > >2 questions: > >1) I've recently seen that there's an app for the palm pre that turns it into >w wireless a