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jay ([personal profile] jay) wrote2005-12-19 10:25 pm

In Florida now...

We left at 6:30am, drove 500 miles, arrived in St. Petersburg at 4:30pm... things here are relaxed, warmer, likely to rain for most of the week. Tomorrow we'll go to the beach, maybe a theme park Wednesday...

I'm using my T650 as a Bluetooth dial-up modem, then broadcasting 802.11 locally to set up a temporary local network.

[identity profile] simplykimberly.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
That sounds interesting... I'll be interested to hear how you do that, since I now have a 650, too! :)

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
My Apple Powerbook can serve as a wireless base station and issue addresses... it can use Bluetooth to communicate with the Treo, which in turn connects to Verizon's local data network. You'd need to set up the Treo as a visible Bluetooth device, and load a small patch that enables dial-up-networking on the 650. I have the Verizon patch, others exist for Sprint, Cingular, etc. Then the local number for the Treo to call is generally #777 .

[identity profile] dangerpudding.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
On a CDMA Treo, anyway. It's slightly different on the GSM ones. ;)

[identity profile] datagoddess.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm using my T650 as a Bluetooth dial-up modem, then broadcasting 802.11 locally to set up a temporary local network.

Geek!!!

Have fun!

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
(grin) it's only 56-78K or so, shared across a household, but better than AOL dialup :).

[identity profile] tenacious-snail.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 06:30 am (UTC)(link)
go you!

I thought that Treo might come in handy for net access, but it didn't occur to me that you'd do it *this* way.

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 03:03 pm (UTC)(link)
It's basically the same architecture as we used in Spain, with the Treo acting as the external link and the PB providing the local wireless access.
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[identity profile] hot-turkey.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Woah, geek-o-matic. Cool!

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
(grin) congrats on your graduation....

[identity profile] cyan-blue.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
Glad you made it safely!

I was very psyched not to have rain today, which a geocaching outing had been planned for.

[identity profile] brian1789.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Glad that the weather permitted you to go visit caches... it's been awhile, right?

[identity profile] cyan-blue.livejournal.com 2005-12-20 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
It had been over a month. It was very nice to get back in the swing of things. 'Course, the kids are so good at making the finds now that I didn't find a single one of the four myself... but I enjoy watching them have fun with it.