Originally Posted by TabulaRasa (Post 34062)

I own a PPC-6700 and the N800 and here's how I get DUN to work:

Install PDANet on the Phone:

http://www.junefabrics.com/

You don't even need it on your pc once you have it configured properly for bluetooth activesync. The only component of the software that expires if you don't register is their desktop app.

PDANet has a setting to allow DUN. Once you have it activated, the N800 will set up a successful data connection with the PPC 6700.

The only thing I can say about it is that it works pretty well. As long as you don't lose your connection, you can stay connected for hours. If you disconnect or get disconnected, you will need to soft reset the PPC 6700. The workaround that they have seems to totally redirect the dataconnection of the phone. (You can shut down PDANet to get data working again without a reset, but you still need a soft reset to get another successful BT DUN connection).

I think that Sprint crippled bluetooth dun on the PPC 6700. The PDANet application pretty much tricks the phone into using bluetooth activesync to establish DUN (that's my impression, anyway).

Let me know if this helps!

Originally Posted by bfain (Post 34171)

TabulaRasa,

Thanks for the help. I was able to get it working but I had a few problems. Apparently, I had paired the phone to the N800 prior to installing PDANet and that really screwed things up. Also, I was using the trial version of PDANet which does not seem to support bluetooth connections. After deleting all of the pairing and connection settings, re-pairing the devices, setting up a new connection, and registering PDANet I was able to get on-line for about 5 minutes before the connection was lost. The second time I tried I was able to stay on for about 10 minutes. I'll keep playing with it to see if I can figure out a pattern.

Any idea why the 6700 has to be rebooted after each of the connection attempt?

Thanks, Brad

Originally Posted by TabulaRasa (Post 34404)

I would install it but with the way PDANet works on the PPC-6700 I am not sure I'd know if USB modem was actually working. Maybe I'll flash my PPC 6700 and test it and then just restore from a backup.