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Originally Posted by dee_castile
I made one small advance forward. Set up a static IP and got "connected" but got no service, while my iPhone had 4 bars with 3G. I give up until someone pops onto these forums and says, "I have an iPhone and was able to tether the PE by doing this ... "
What looked like an absolutely great idea turned out to be a vast disappointment. Thanks for everyone's suggestions.
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Don't give up now. Getting connected is only half the battle. You are almost there. According to Apple the iPhone Personal hotspot allows you to share your 3G connection with up to five other devices over Wi-Fi & USB. The iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot is no different than any other Wireless Access Point. The eDGe doesn't care whether it is an iPhone Wi-Fi hotspot, an Android Wi-Fi hotspot, a bookstore Wi-Fi hotspot, a restaurant Wi-Fi hotspot, a hotel Wi-Fi hotspot, an airport Wi-Fi hotspot, or a home Wi-Fi hotspot. It sees it as the exact same thing, a Wi-Fi hotspot.
A typical home DSL or Cable Modem and Router combination with Wi-Fi doesn't care whether it is a Windows computer, Linux computer. MAC computer, eDGe, iPad, iPad2, iPod, HP Touchpad, Kindle, Nook, Pandigital Reader, Xbox360, PS3, Wii, PSP, TV, Printer or any other device. All it sees is the device and all the device sees is a place to connect to a network. Operating system makes no difference. If it did all of these devices would have to bow to Microsoft or Apple as they seek world dominance.
All joking aside. There are certain things that the host (eDGe, PC or anything else connected to a network) needs in order to access the Internet. Normally the host receives these automatically. However, when setting up a up a
Static IP there are other settings that must be entered besides the IP address. You will not be able to access the Internet if these are blank or incorrect values are entered. I will briefly discuss these as they appear on the Advanced Wi-Fi Settings Page of the eDGe:
Gateway: This is what the eDGe or a PC in the case of a Small Office Home Office (SOHO) network needs in order to make requests to a remote network, like the Internet. The Gateway requires an IP address and in a SOHO network it is normally the IP address of your hotspot or router. For example: If your router or hotspot IP address is 192.168.1.1 this is what you have to enter as the Gateway address.
Netmask: Typically refer to classes of IP addresses. This is how the router knows what network or subnetwork you are on. Chances are you aren't subnetting. Netmask will be determined by the value of your IP address. If your IP address starts with 10 (highly unlikely) this will be 255.0.0.0; if it starts with 172 (possible) this will be 255.255.0.0; if it starts with 192 (most likely) this will be 255.255.255.0. Netmask MUST match the Subnet Mask address of your hotspot or router.
DNS1: This is the Domain Name Server (DNS) address. When the eDGe or a PC makes a request for a webpage it is sent to a DNS server (normally a router in a SOHO) which resolves the common name of the website to an IP address. Without this when you enter
www.google.com using the eDGe, a PC or any other device it doesn't know Google's IP address. The DNS Server tells the device that Google's IP address is 72.14.204.147. Of course Google has multiple IP addresses. Try it, put the number in the address bar of any browser and see what happens. Again, DNS1 MUST match the DNS address of your router or hotspot and in a SOHO it is normally the router's or hotspot's IP address.
DNS2: Leave this blank.
You should be able to obtain the addresses from a MAC or Windows PC connected to the iPhone hotspot.
For Mac OS X: From the Apple menu click System Preferences > Network > TCP/IP.
In Windows open a Command Prompt (All Programs, Accessories) and type ipconfig/all