Hi all, A week ago, when I was traveling with my MacBook and new iPod Touch, I made use of two features that allowed me to use my iPod Touch with my MacBook, even in the absence of a local Wi-Fi network:
• creating an ad hoc network between Mac and iPhone or iPod Touch This lets you use free apps like the Apple Remote to control iTunes playback on your computer, or the NumberKey Free app from Balmuda to enter data into a spreadsheet program using your iPhone or iPod Touch as a numeric keypad. You can pair the two devices and work independently of any network connection. (You can also use ad hoc network creation to connect two Mac computers in the absence of a wireless or wired network.) Instructions on creating an ad hoc network accompany the description of each app. (Basically, you navigate to the AirPort menu on your Status bar and choose the option to "Create Network…" instead of selecting a network to join. Then you have your iPod Touch or iPhone join this network.) • using my Mac as a wireless access point for my iPod Touch and sharing my wired (ethernet) connection with the iPod Touch. This is also a more general way to share wired access with more than one computer through your Mac's Airport card by turning your Mac into a software base station. The best description I've read of both these procedures is in the "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network" guide from: http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/ They're actually side discussions to the main content of the guide, and the use of the Mac to share your internet connection with other devices and computers is described in one of the appendices of the Take Control guide under the subject of "Setting up a software base station". However, if you want to read instructions on how to share your internet connection with an iPhone or iPod Touch, this is covered in a recent TUAW article, " Mac 101: Create a wireless network between Mac and iPhone" by Josh Carr, on Sep 25th 2009: http://www.tuaw.com/2009/09/25/mac-101-create-a-wireless-network-between-mac-and-iphone/ You'll want to read this web page in DOM mode. This saves me having to describe the procedure. Anyone who has the "Take Control of Your 802.11n AirPort Network", check Appendix C for a more extensive discussion that describes other options. Note that you can also share your network with Windows computers, but you'll be told that when connecting to non-Apple Computers you can only assign a 40-bit WEP password. Again, the appendix of the Take Control guide gives a more extensive discussion. HTH. Main result is that I was able to use streaming radio apps, news apps, etc. even when I didn't have a Wi-Fi network. One caveat is that for location finding apps, like "AroundMe", you need to type in your geographic location instead of trying to have the app locate you. This is because the wi-fi based location identification relies on Skyhook's mapping of wi-fi towers, and your local MacBook access point won't be in their mapped data base. Cheers, Esther --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
