Consider yourself very lucky if you purchased Nullriver’s NetShare before it was pulled from Apple’s App Store.
It’s just that good.
Armed with this app, an iphone running 2.0+ firmware, a Windows XP laptop and Apple’s Safari Browser, you’re no longer constrained to a network of commercial hotspots and nefarious wifi connections.
Experience near-DSL speeds in 3G service areas, completely untethered from the wired world and costly data card contracts.
Proceed with caution.
Though this seems to work, understand you may be violating your carrier’s terms of service and possibly exceeding your bandwidth allotment. Use at your own risk.
Not so easy.
As great as the app is, it can be quite painful to get going the first time.
For those of you struggling with setup, I’ve laid out most of the key steps below. Not sure if this is the best way to setup, but I was able to configure three different laptops, so it is one way of doing it.
Hope this is of help to some of you and please sound off in the comments with stories of success, failure & why NetShare is almost as freeing as the Stadium Pal.
download and open safari on the pc
select prefs under edit menu
click change settings
click LAN settings
click advanced
enter 192.168.10.1 to socks field & click ok to this and other underlying windows. close safari for now
open network connections
right-click wireless network, select properties
on the wireless networks tab click add
association tab: configure new network like so
authentication tab: no need to mess with this
connection tab: check this box & click ok
under general tab, select TCP/IP, click properties
configure IP with 192.168.10.2, subnet with 255.255.255.0, click OK, then close
right-click & view wireless networks
if you're currently connected to another network, make sure to disconnect first. then select iphonepc and click connect.
it will try to connect, but won't actually do it. need to setup the iphone now.
select iphone settings
select wifi
select iphonepc network. pc connection should now indicate success. click blue arrow next.
configure static IP with 192.168.10.1 & subnet with 255.255.255.0
under general settings set auto-lock to never
open a new webpage on iphone. this initiates the 3g/edge connection. move quickly to next steps!
open NetShare on iphone
open safari on the pc
that's it. screaming fast 3g