iphoneModem by addition , PdaNet or zsRelay

[icepick4u]

I need to connect 3 notebooks with wifi to internet, can this app could do? acting as a router , or just one connection per iphone is possible?

I think if is only one connection is possible , may i bridge the internet provided by iphone to a local internet sharing in the main computer and share via local switch or router

please your thoughts

Tia

[Mes]

It should work (with PDAnet) because the computer creates the ad-hoc network and the phones (or other computers) connect to that computer. Only 1 iPhone should be running PDAnet. The computer is the router for the other ad-hoc connections I've done this with 3 computers. Should work with anything.

[icepick4u]

Ok, i go for PdaNet, i install the app, make ad-hoc connection in a breeze an voila, all works perfect, with some drops, but maybe happen because i have a lot wifi radiation in my home, i will check later, but....
when i try to connect a second computer to ad-hoc network, immediately drops all connections , pdanet claim to drop the connection and in the ad-hoc computer appear a yellow triangle in the notification area and drop the internet.
i don't know the limitation of the pdanet or de ad-hoc configuration
if u have any clue, give me a line

Thankx

[Mes]

I would suggest getting your ad-hoc network working solid 1st. Create it on one computer, then another connects. The computers should be able to see each other, share files, etc --- the whole gambit. Once that is solid, then connect the iPhone and it should provide 'out of local network' routing to all.

Update: I just tried to set this up ... again. It's not working .
As soon as the second computer connects to the ad-hoc network, it complains about another computer having the same IP and the PDANet status screen changes to the second. I'm using version 1.43. It was a far earlier version (maybe 1.13 or earlier) when I first tested this. I remember reading about a change where the ip was fixed. Let me investigate further.

Update 2: Geeze, I hate firewalls !!! (haha)
Bottom line, I was unable to get PDANet v1.43 to host multiple computer. However, there are many alternatives to make it work. In both examples below, your PDANet is the router for the main computer --- set up normally. To get other computers to use that connection:
1. Enable sharing for the wireless connection.
2(a). Connect 1 other computer through the ethernet port .... or multiple computers through an ethernet router.
2(b). Instead of ethernet, a standard wireless router and setup could be used for the other computers, and the router connected (via ethernet) to the main computer.
3. Disable your firewalls until you get everything working. They are necessary, but are a big pain-in-the neck.
Just finished testing this ... it does work. It could be used for almost anything and almost any number of computers, either wireless or hard-wired. I still believe my initial example will work ... and PDANet can't stop it from working ... however, I don't have the time (or patience) to get to the bottom of this. Think I haven't set up routing tables correctly.

Remember, the primary computer (with wireless and ethernet) must be powered on and connected via wireless ad-hoc to the iphone for anything to work. Also, enabling connection sharing should work without mods, but if it does not, try enabling IP routing in XP systems: “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\Tcpip\Parameters”, find a value called “IPEnableRouter”. Double click it and set the value to “1”. For NT systems, it's available in the properties page. For Vista (???) -- sorry I have no idea.