Tethering

Today on the Forums: Forums New Look! Leaving the iPhone?

By Jeremy, Wednesday, Oct 1, 2008 a 7:55 am

Today on the forums I wanted to point out our new setup. We have cleaned up the forums a bit and have made it even more friendly for everyone. Don't trust me? Take a look for yourself! If you feel so inclined and want to see something added or removed, start your own thread and tell us!

PdaNet Now Available -- via Jailbreak

By Dieter Bohn, Sunday, Sep 28, 2008 a 11:55 am

I've gone ahead and followed Jeremy's excellent iPhone Jailbreak instructions for one specific reason: the ability to install PdaNet on my iPhone for tethering. PdaNet let us know, along with reader Lawton, that they've given up waiting for App Store approval (which will likely never come anyway) and have gone ahead and released their application for jailbroken iPhones. You can get the full skinny here.

NetShare is Gone, what about PdaNet?

By Dieter Bohn, Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 a 3:55 pm

Seems like it's been an eternity since the pulling of the NetShare application officially brought us into the age of Apple pulling apps from the App Store on an almost daily basis. Without NetShare, the only folks who have been able to utilize their iPhones' 3G connection for Laptop connectivity have been the crazy ones.

For the rest of us, there's just the teeniest, tiniest glimmer of hope, that AT&T will relent and allow official tethering.

Cold Day in Cell: AT&T Considering iPhone Tethering?!

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Aug 31, 2008 a 7:55 am

The trouble with Steve Jobs (or an anonymous iMinion thereof) sometimes mailing off blunt-force rejoinders to disgruntled Apple customers? The intertubes suddenly become awash in Jobsmail, making it impossible to sort the real from the decidedly not so. Case in point: a Gizmodo reader claims to have emailed Jobs about the possibility of maybe potentially one day considering tethering (allowing your computer to connect to the 'net via your iPhone's 3G or EDGE connection). The alleged response:

We agree, and are discussing it with ATT.

Steve

Sent from my iPhone

Yeah, we can has big old doubts as well...

NetShare Uses Your iPhone's 3G/EDGE For Your Computer (Update 2: Yeah, gone again)

By Casey Chan, Friday, Aug 1, 2008 a 3:10 pm

Update: Macrumors lets us know that, strangely enough, it's back in the App Store. It doesn't show up in a search, but you can download it via this iTunes/App Store link.

Update 2: ...aaaand it's gone again, at least in the US. Le Sigh.

Got Jailbreak? Don't Care About TOS? Get iPhone 3G Tethering!

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 a 7:55 am

Depending on your carrier, their terms of service (TOS), and your willingness to break said terms and face possible consequences including death-by-over-billing, you can now tether you newly pwned/jailbroken iPhone 3G to your laptop to share the mobile 3G internet connection anywhere and everywhere you go (your coverage area, of course, may vary).

The process is a little involved, according to Macrumors (via Cre.ations.net):

No iPhone Tethering or Dial-Up for Laptop Users

By Dieter Bohn, Monday, Jun 16, 2008 a 5:01 pm

Boo! One of the most popular things to do with a 3G smartphone is to "tether" it, which is to attach it to your laptop and use it as a modem so you can get online anywhere your phone has service. Windows Mobile and Treos have multiple options for doing this -- some even via some sneaky software that works in a kind of "proxy mode" so you can avoid paying the extra costs associated with a full-on "Phone as Modem" plan (which usually runs in the neighborhood of $50 a month). Sadly, AT&T has let the official word out -- you won't be able to do this with the iPhone 3G: