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Red-M Blade and Mac OS X D-Link

I just got the Red-M Blade Springboard and the D-Link USB BT adaptor for Mac OS X. The module sees the D-Link as a serial port, which is as expected. I can hotsync just fine, and the hardware seems to be working well. But I have one problem:

How do I get a network connection thru the D-Link for the Blade? I have read that Windows users have MochaPPP to get the PPP connection for the module, but what about OS X? Is there any way that I can set up the Mac to let the device share my Cable connection?

Also, does anyone know if Red-M plans to support other connection types besides PPP?

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Possibly not: PPP over RFCOMM is the standard for Bluetooth LAN setup, in this is part of the specs.

You'll have to look for a PPP server for MacOS X. Look for a dial in server, or anything similar...

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Thanks, I'll start looking. I wish there was some Stupid Unix Trick that I could do in the terminal to make this happen.

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There almost certainly is a cunning trick you can do to make this work.

man pppd

in a terminal window will give you the manual page for the PPP daemon, which is party of Mac OS X. You'll have to configure it to connect via the serial device that Bluetooth makes available (though I don't have any idea what that will be...)

There's an Apache web server lurking in the bowels of OS X, I believe, too. You could configure that as a proxy, through which the Visor could grab web pages...

Nigel.

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Originally posted by nwhitfield
There almost certainly is a cunning trick you can do to make this work.

man pppd

in a terminal window will give you the manual page for the PPP daemon, which is party of Mac OS X. You'll have to configure it to connect via the serial device that Bluetooth makes available (though I don't have any idea what that will be...)

There's an Apache web server lurking in the bowels of OS X, I believe, too. You could configure that as a proxy, through which the Visor could grab web pages...

Nigel.

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I installed the Red-M WAP browser that is on the CD, but I'm not sure what I should be putting in the Gateway Settings dialog. There is a setting for an IP address and home URL, so what am I supposed to put here, a WAP proxy-server IP or something? Has anybody used this yet, and is it worth the trouble?

I feel like all I'm doing around here is asking questions, thanks for being patient.

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You can do more than browsing WAP pages - if you're using a GPRS connection or the PPP from the Mac.

Use Avantgo - it's free! And you can browse real html pages

Soon I'll be doing some Mac OS X stuff myself - my girlfriend just ordered the new iMac

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Yeah, I have used Blazer etc, and I love AvantGo, but it doesn't display actual HTML very well, from my experience. I actually preferred BrowseIt, which let you download .prcs from PalmGear.com. Is it dead now, I can't find it anymore. It was the bomb on YadaYada. It made the wireless experience self-contained.

I really just want to see how well the WAP browser works, just out of curiosity. I hear the upcoming Palm browser will be a big leap above what we've seen so far. We'll see I guess.

I came across this while looking for T39/Cingular info, in case anyone needs it: http://www.slriv.com/t39mvsCingular.html

freitasm, I hope you like the iMac, I want a new one myself.

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