While I didn't propose the solution, I do know that your Mac basically has the ability to be an Airport base station by turning on Internet Sharing. So even if your laptop is not plugged into a LAN, you can turn on sharing via AirPort, give it a name and create an 'ad hoc' wireless access point. The only machines accessible via this access point will be your laptop and anyone else who joins your network. So you just have your phone join your wireless network and then it should be able to connect to services on your machine. You give it a name by clicking AirPort Options in the Internet Sharing config area. You can also configure a password and such if you want. Note that when a Mac can't get an IP address from some DHCP server it makes a self-assigned address which can be kind of random. I assume it would assign addresses in this same range to those connected to your wireless, so you might have to check the network settings to figure out what the mac assigned itself and what it assigned to the iPhone when it joins. You can try this all out ahead of time to make sure it works.
CB Yuma Antoine Decaux wrote: > Hi ester, > > Thanks again for such a great indicator :) > > So with trackpad pro, it means that i can create a vpn of some sort on > my mac, and the iphone will connect to it? Do i still need internet or > can it be a LAN affair? > > I'm asking because the meeting room is isolated from the wifi for > proximity reasons and there's only a CAT cable > > So i'll try that method with trackpad pro, provided that its been > updated for 3.1 > > Thanks again, and best > > Yuma > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
