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Katore · 07-23-2005, 10:26 AM

I was able to get my Treo 650 to act as a bluetooth modem for my powerbook earlier today. I have a PCS Vision plan and am using that for my net access. I tested this on Mac OS 10.4.2 and 10.3.9.

This is what I did:

1. On the Treo, turn on Bluetooth, make sure Discoverable = Yes and Dial-up Networking = On
2. Run 'Set Up Bluetooth Device' from your Mac's Bluetooh menu
3. Click Continue
4. Select Mobile Phone, then click Continue
5. Select your mobile phone from found devices, click next
6. Pair Treo with Mac by entering number shown on Mac into Treo
7. On the next screen, 'Access the internet with your phone's data connection' should be checked, if so, click Continue, if not something is wrong, make sure you turned on Dial Up Networking in step 1
8. Leave the UserID and Password fields blank
9. For the Phone number, put in #777
10. Select 'Sprint PCS Vision' for modem script
11. Check or uncheck show Bluetooth status, up to you, Click Continue
12. The next screen should tell you that it is set up sucessfully, press Quit.
13. Open your Mac's System Preferences (Apple->System Preferences)
14. Click Network
15. Bluetooth should now be listed as one of your networking options.
16. Highlight Bluetooth and click Connect
17. Click Connect again when the dial window pops up.
18. If all goes well, it will connect. From here on out, treat it like a regular modem.

I hope that works for you. Remember that while you have Dial Up Networking turned on, your Treo can not pair with other Bluetooth devices and sync. So turn it back off when you are done (see step 1 for reference, DUN=Off).

Don't take this as gospel since I am a new Treo user, but so far everything seems to be working well together.

07-23-2005, 10:26 AM	#2 (permalink)
Katore Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was able to get my Treo 650 to act as a bluetooth modem for my powerbook earlier today. I have a PCS Vision plan and am using that for my net access. I tested this on Mac OS 10.4.2 and 10.3.9. This is what I did: 1. On the Treo, turn on Bluetooth, make sure Discoverable = Yes and Dial-up Networking = On 2. Run 'Set Up Bluetooth Device' from your Mac's Bluetooh menu 3. Click Continue 4. Select Mobile Phone, then click Continue 5. Select your mobile phone from found devices, click next 6. Pair Treo with Mac by entering number shown on Mac into Treo 7. On the next screen, 'Access the internet with your phone's data connection' should be checked, if so, click Continue, if not something is wrong, make sure you turned on Dial Up Networking in step 1 8. Leave the UserID and Password fields blank 9. For the Phone number, put in #777 10. Select 'Sprint PCS Vision' for modem script 11. Check or uncheck show Bluetooth status, up to you, Click Continue 12. The next screen should tell you that it is set up sucessfully, press Quit. 13. Open your Mac's System Preferences (Apple->System Preferences) 14. Click Network 15. Bluetooth should now be listed as one of your networking options. 16. Highlight Bluetooth and click Connect 17. Click Connect again when the dial window pops up. 18. If all goes well, it will connect. From here on out, treat it like a regular modem. I hope that works for you. Remember that while you have Dial Up Networking turned on, your Treo can not pair with other Bluetooth devices and sync. So turn it back off when you are done (see step 1 for reference, DUN=Off). Don't take this as gospel since I am a new Treo user, but so far everything seems to be working well together.