This often happens on hotel Wi-Fi networks. This is useful when you can’t get your iPhone or iPad online via Wi-Fi - perhaps you only have a single login to the network and you can only have one device online at a time. On a Mac, creating a Bluetooth PAN is a useful way to share a Wi-Fi Internet connection your Mac is connected to. You’ll probably be better off just creating a Wi-Fi hotspot and connecting to it from your iPhone or iPad. On a Windows PC, you shouldn’t need to bother creating a Bluetooth personal area network (PAN) at all. RELATED: How to Pair a Bluetooth Device to Your Computer, Tablet, or Phone However, you can do this by purchasing additional USB-to-Wi-Fi devices, giving your Mac multiple Wi-Fi interfaces. If you want, do any of the following: Turn on Disable Unless Needed. (You may need to scroll down.) Click your device USB on the right, then click Details. It can only do one thing at a time with one physical Wi-Fi adapter. On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click Network in the sidebar. Unlike on a Windows PC, your Mac can’t share a Wi-Fi connection it’s connected to by creating a Wi-Fi hotspot. On a Mac, you can use the Sharing panel in the System Preferences window to enable Internet sharing over Wi-Fi, sharing a wired Ethernet connection connected to your Mac via a Wi-Fi hotspot. RELATED: How to Turn Your Mac Into a Wi-Fi Hotspot

You’ll just need to use the Virtual Router software to turn your Windows laptop into a Wi-Fi hotspot. I know I can use WiFi tethering and I know of PDANet, I am not looking for alternative solutions but rather to find out if the FroYo USB tethering functionality can be used with Mac OS X (Snow Leopard).

With a Windows PC, you can also share a Wi-Fi network you’re connected to over Wi-Fi. I was just wondering if anyone has a solution that allows the Nexus One to be used as a USB modem in Mac OS.

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