Ah, OK; I thought it was a reference to setting up an ad-hoc connection (to nothing) so the browser etc. knew there was an internet connection.

(As far as I know, PAN probably works; the problem seems to be only with the dummy connection; switching to links2 might make it work... I haven't had the opportunity to try that stuff out yet, but that was the case with USB-ethernet on pseuDiablo.)