"Roger 2008" <rwpcs@att.net> wrote in message
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> "Michael N. Paris" <mparis27@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>> > Thanks for the info and you sold me on a copy of PDANET.
>> >
>> > Now I can use my Mogul for DUN for another hand held device.
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>> >
>> It is worth every penny, and I do like to reward authors of good quality
>> shareware.
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> Once again, thanks for the info.
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> Yes it is "good quality shareware" but I've seen Pocket PCs that come out
> of
> the box with the ability to use them as a BT DUN so PDANET isn't even
> necessary on those devices. I don't know why that seems to have been
> changed in Windows Mobile.

Because WM6 now uses PAN (Personal Area Network) instead of DUN. There
should be an app called "Internet Sharing" on the device.

The advantage of PAN is any idiot can use it- you fire up Internet Sharing
with the device pluged into to USB (or bluetooth) and the phone acts like a
network adapter to connect you to the internet (it acts more like a cellular
datacard than a modem.)

The disadvantages of PAN are, a) most other mobile devices can't use it, so
you can't hook up a PPC to a WM6 phone, for example, and b) the PC
connecting to the device must have Activesync or WMDC installed (because the
drivers are integrated into the sync software.)

The joys of Windows Mobile upgrades- two steps forward, one step back. ;-)