![]() ![]() ![]() That is it! (You should have internet connectivity on your Mac, provided you have good signal on your WM6 device). ![]() On your Mac, from the Bluetooth menu, select “Join Network on ”.On your Mac, it is helpful having the “Show Bluetooth status in the menu bar” enabled.Start “Internet Sharing” on your WM6 device and click “Connect”.Ensure that your devices are “talking together”.Enable the Bluetooth PAN port under your Mac’s Network Preferences (Network Port Configurations) by clicking the checkbox.Set up a Pairing between the two devices.Turn on Bluetooth and BT discovery on both your WM6 device and your Mac.So, if you are on Mac OS 10.4.9, you now have the ability to use a Network Port called “Bluetooth PAN.” Here are the high-level steps you use to enable your Bluetooth Internet Sharing: Now with Windows Mobile 6, Bluetooth PAN (Personal Area Network) is used. However, setting up the connection with WM6 and Mac OS 10.4.9 is actually snap. Setting up the DUN script and “modem” was a bit of a painstaking process (which I won’t go into). With the recent introduction of Windows Mobile 6, Microsoft removed that profile, thus alienating many Mac users who used to enjoy the Bluetooth tethering/internet sharing (however it sounds like they may add it back). In the past, there were ways to share your cell phone’s internet connection via Bluetooth on a Mac using the DUN profile on Windows Mobile 5 (sorry for the geek-speak).
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