[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] erikk:
OK so I thought I was halfway intelligent about all this but apparently not. I can't seem to get my internet sharing to allow me to tether on my new Tilt. I had it working fine on my Sprint Mogul so I know theoretically how to do it. I have the stock AT&T ROM (allowed customizations; just lazy about figuring out what I'd need of the customizations so I live with the bloat).

I created a shortcut for IntShrUI.exe in my \windows\start menu\programs folder to start the internet shar. I start Internet sharing and select USB and AT&T ISP GPRS (or MEdia Net; same result). It says connected and doesn't give me any errors but I can't seem to connect to anything from my PC or even ping anything. I'm using a Windows Vista PC. While internet sharing is connected I can connect to the web on the phone itself but not from the PC.

I was originally on "PDA Personal Max UNL + 1500 Messages" but I couldn't seem to connect to ISP.CINGULAR and I thought maybe that's why I couldn't tether (and I thought it'd probably prevent me from connecting to my corporate VPN). So I called in and the tech guy said that plan isn't provisioned for ISP.CINGULAR so he switched me to the "older" (his words) PDACnctUntlAdd which is the same price and includes ISP.CINGULAR but not 1500 messages. In hindsight I'm guessing that's not my problem (especially since it didn't fix it) and I'll prob go back to PDA Personal Max with the 1500 messages once I figure out the tethering and assuming it allows me to VPN.

My settings are:

AT&T ISP GPRS

Modem:

APN: isp.cingular

Username: ISP@CINGULARGPRS.COM

Password: CINGULAR1 (doesn't show it but found that online)

Domain: blank

Advanced Settings:

TCP/IP: Use server-assigned IP Address

Use software compression: not checked

Use IP header compression: not checked

Servers: User server-assigned IP Address

Proxy Settings:

This network connects to the Internet: checked

This networks uses a proxy....: not checked

MEdia Net

Modem:

APN: wap.cingular

Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM

Password: ????? (doesn't show it and never looked for online)

Domain: blank

Advanced Settings:

TCP/IP: Use server-assigned IP Address

Use software compression: not checked

Use IP header compression: not checked

Servers: User server-assigned IP Address

Proxy Settings:

This network connects to the Internet: checked

This networks uses a proxy....: not checked

I've tried to do it with the proxy disabled (running Disable Proxy from programs) and with it enabled with the same result.

So what can I be doing wrong? I'm sure it's something supremely stupid (if it's not a provisioning problem but how could it be that?) but I can't for the life of me figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Any help greatly appreciated and let me know if there's anything else you'd need to know to get this working.

If it matters I have the following installed:

Kaiser.HTC.Home.v2.0.814.722.HTCHome.Dir.With.Brig htness.Fix.Updated.01OCT2007-schen.cab

duttythroy HTC Audio Manager 1_2_816716.cab

duttythroy HTC Voice Recorder 1.10.1717.2221.cab

duttythroy HTC_SIM_Manager 6.31.cab

duttythroy Task Manager 2_0_30995_1.cab

HTC Touch Keyboard + Keypad.cab

Kaiser_BCR World_Card_1_0_070724b_x.cab

Vibra (Switch) 1.32.cab

ComMgr3G(10 Buttons)fixed.cab

cecmd.arm.cab (Total Commander beta 2.5 build 3)

HHCv10b5.CAB (HTC Home Customizer v1.0 beta 5)

LiveSearch.cab

Tillanosoft tGetFile.dll (for pocketnester)

Microsoft Office OneNote Mobile

RViewer.cab

Birdsoft All-in Hold-em

Google Maps