[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mahjong:
So I'm writing this from my PC using the Internet Sharing option of the X7500.

I'm going to explain how to use it but first off all I beg your pardon because since my ROM is in spanish I have no idea of the names of the programs and the messages that the WWE ROM gives so I'm translating the spanish messages and programs names into english. Apart of that eventualy my english goes nuts.

So...

First off all you need to have a plan to get data access on your X7500 on a reasonable price. I got Movistar (a company in Spain) that allows me to access using WSDPA where available per around 60 euros a month. If WSDPA is not avaible I can enter the net using UMTS or if not available I can still accessing using GPRS.

Hopefully in the village I'm on holidays (15000 people near Cadiz coast) I got WSDPA coverage.

Second thing. If you have Blackberry on the X7500 just use the Suspend option in order to avoid BB interfering with the Internet Sharing.

Third. If the PC has ActiveSync go into options and unmark the USB in order to avoid the AS connecting the X7500 using USB.

The PC running XP don't need any driver to use the connection.

1) With the X7500 NOT plugged to PC run the Internet Sharing program in the PDA.

2) You will find two combo-boxes. At the first one choose USB. I did the connectiong using BT too and works great but I prefer USB since looks more stable and is suitable to use in any PC even not having BT interface. At the second combo-box choose your profile to access the net. My is Movistar Access... is a name you gave while configuring the profile.

3) Still having the X7500 NOT plugged to the PC press the Connect which is the soft-key in the left side of the screen. You will see the PDA negotiating with the ISP.

4) Once connected then plug the USB cable and the XP will start to recognize the PDA as a Internet Sharing device. First time takes long XP to connect the PDA. As soon as you get the message that the new hardware is usable you can start using Internet Explorer in the PC to access the net thru the X7500.

At the PC in a MSDOS window I need to run a continous ping to a site in order to keep the connection alive. For sample ping -t www.google.com

Whatever the reason if I don't issue the ping the connection hangs if I keep on reading a web page for long time. I tried to find where this timeout is configured but I could. But with the ping to keep alive the connection works great.

In order to disconnect properly my advice is:

1) Close all PC programs running against Internet like Internet Explorer or the ping you are issuing.

2) Unplug the USB cable

3) Press the Disconnect soft-key in the PDA

Unplugging the cable before hitting Disconnect helps to avoid the XP seeing the PDA without the Internet Sharing running.

As I told I run the test using the Bluetooth PAN connection too and works great. My BT interface in the PC is a Concentronic CBTU2 (is USB not bigger that an USB key). And the BT software is IVT Corporation Bluesoleil but I guess any BT interface and software will do the job too.

I hope this is useful.

Best Regards,

mahjong

P.D.: If someone knows how to solve the timeout stuff let me know.