Nokia N80 and USB Wi-Fi Dongle

I have an N80 wi-fi smart phone and would like to use my ADSL broadband
connection to browse the web on my phone instead of browsing via
expensive GPRS. I do not have a wi-fi router installed. My question
is this: could I create a wi-fi access point on my PC using a cheap USB
wi-fi dongle (eg 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11G (54Mbps) USB Adapter)
and enabling Internet Connection Sharing on the PC/device or is the
only way to create the access point via a dedicated wi-fi router setup?

Thanks for your help.

Luigi.

On 18 Jul 2006 07:41:57 -0700, in alt.internet.wireless ,
(E-Mail Removed) wrote:

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>I have an N80 wi-fi smart phone and would like to use my ADSL broadband
>connection to browse the web on my phone instead of browsing via
>expensive GPRS. I do not have a wi-fi router installed. My question
>is this: could I create a wi-fi access point on my PC using a cheap USB
>wi-fi dongle (eg 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless 11G (54Mbps) USB Adapter)
>and enabling Internet Connection Sharing on the PC/device or is the
>only way to create the access point via a dedicated wi-fi router setup?

Depends entirely on your smartphone I guess. If you can put its
wireless into an ad-hoc mode, then you could probably connect to a usb
dongle on a PC, also in ad-hoc mode on the same channel, set up ICS or
similar to bridge between the wireless and wired networks, and it
might work. My own experience of ad-hoc is that its rubbish by the
way.

Thats a lot of ifs. If you can afford a wireless smartphone you can
afford another £40 for a wireless router !
--
Mark McIntyre

Mark McIntyre wrote:
> On 18 Jul 2006 07:41:57 -0700, in alt.internet.wireless ,
> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
>
> >
> Depends entirely on your smartphone I guess. If you can put its
> wireless into an ad-hoc mode, then you could probably connect to a usb
> dongle on a PC, also in ad-hoc mode on the same channel, set up ICS or
> similar to bridge between the wireless and wired networks, and it
> might work. My own experience of ad-hoc is that its rubbish by the
> way.
>

Yes, i think it does do ad-hoc.

> Thats a lot of ifs. If you can afford a wireless smartphone you can
> afford another £40 for a wireless router !
> --
> Mark McIntyre

Money isn't the issue. We have already got the PC set up and working
perfectly doing internet connection sharing and media sharing with our
Xboxes. Everything is wired using crossover ethernet cables. However,
a lot of people I know have had terrible trouble getting the Xbox 360
fully functional (networking wise) via wireless routers. Hence I dont
want to have to reconfigure our entire mini-network with a wireless
router risking instability in a perfectly stable setup just so as to
get the phones wi-fi working - I am just looking for the simplest
solution to get the job done.

I have since found a product to do the job. Its called 'wi-fi link'
and is a USB device primarily intended for PSP or Nintendo DS online
play but which also provides an access point for PDAs/laptops or other
wi-fi enabled devices.

http://www.mayflash.com/pc/pc041/pc041.htm


However, thanks very much for your help.

In article <(E-Mail Removed). com>, (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
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>Mark McIntyre wrote:
>> On 18 Jul 2006 07:41:57 -0700, in alt.internet.wireless ,
>> (E-Mail Removed) wrote:
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>> >
>> Depends entirely on your smartphone I guess. If you can put its
>> wireless into an ad-hoc mode, then you could probably connect to a usb
>> dongle on a PC, also in ad-hoc mode on the same channel, set up ICS or
>> similar to bridge between the wireless and wired networks, and it
>> might work. My own experience of ad-hoc is that its rubbish by the
>> way.
>>
>
>Yes, i think it does do ad-hoc.
>
>> Thats a lot of ifs. If you can afford a wireless smartphone you can
>> afford another =A340 for a wireless router !
>> --
>> Mark McIntyre
>
>Money isn't the issue. We have already got the PC set up and working
>perfectly doing internet connection sharing and media sharing with our
>Xboxes. Everything is wired using crossover ethernet cables. However,
>a lot of people I know have had terrible trouble getting the Xbox 360
>fully functional (networking wise) via wireless routers.

Leave the Xboxes etc alone, just add a wireless AP to the network. It's
getting sort of hard now (well locally) to find just APs anymore, so if you
end up with a Wireless Router, just go into the configuration and disable
routing and any DHCP services it wants to provide and just use it in AP
mode. Shouldn't cause a problem to your existing network. This would IMO
be your best solution longer term.

> Hence I dont
>want to have to reconfigure our entire mini-network with a wireless
>router risking instability in a perfectly stable setup just so as to
>get the phones wi-fi working - I am just looking for the simplest
>solution to get the job done.
>
>I have since found a product to do the job. Its called 'wi-fi link'
>and is a USB device primarily intended for PSP or Nintendo DS online
>play but which also provides an access point for PDAs/laptops or other
>wi-fi enabled devices.
>
>http://www.mayflash.com/pc/pc041/pc041.htm
>
>
>However, thanks very much for your help.
>

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