Not quite, Joseph. PAN (personal area network) is a way in which many devices, including newer phones, connect to the internet over Bluetooth. iPhones use PAN. This emulates an Ethernet connection The older technology, called DUN (dial-up networking) emulates a dial-up modem, but this technology isn't supported on the iPhone or on many newer devices.
Grant. On 03/15/2012, Joseph Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > For iPhone and other cell phones, you still need tethering for > accessing Internet via Bluetooth (this means using "modem" > service). To use hotspot, you need Wi-Fi access, as they are two > different technologies. > There are other BT sforvices that we haven't used, such as file > transfer and PAN (mostly for using a PC's Internet connection). > Cheers, > Joseph > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Grant Hardy <[email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date sent: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:35:33 -0700 > Subject: [Braillenote] Using Bluetooth PAN to connect to the > internet on theBrailleNote Apex > > Hello all, > > I understand that the BrailleNote Apex can now use the Bluetooth > PAN > (personal area network) service to connect to the internet. For > those > unfamiliar with PAN, it is different from the older DUN (dial-up > networking service) which older devices used to connect to the > internet over bluetooth. The latter required a phone number, > username, > etc. and simulated a dial-up modem; the former simulates an > Ethernet > network connection instead, so shouldn't require these fields. > > However, in my tests I haven't been able to get this to work with > my > iPhone's personal hotspot functionality. I would prefer to use > this > over Bluetooth rather than WI-FI on my Apex, as this will require > less > effort to establish the connection on my part every time, but I > can't > figure out how to set up the PAN connection. When I pair and > activate > the "Serial" service of the iPhone with the Apex, then go to set > up a > new connection and select iPhone as the device, the Apex prompts > for a > phone number, username, and so on, as if I were connecting to a > DUN > device. Alternatively, I've tried simply connecting using the > Default > Ethernet Connection configuration, but this appears not to work > either. > > Any other ideas what to try? > > Cheers, > > Grant > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
