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Tether your iPhone with the Nexaria BC2 router



The Nexaria BC2 router is a rather ugly 802.11b/g/n router that will allow tethering on the iPhone 3, 3GS and 4. Unfortunately, you must plug the thing into an outlet to power it up, providing somewhat limited use. Typical use case for tethering is using your phone as a modem and connecting to your Mac on the go. Here, you are chained to your desk. But if you're willing to uglify your work space, the router will grab that bandwidth from your iPhone (using your data allotment from AT&T) and beam it around your room via Wi-Fi for the low price of $189. Ideal? Hardly, but it works for what it does.

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The Nexaria BC2 router is a rather ugly 802.11b/g/n router that will allow tethering on the iPhone 3, 3GS and 4. Unfortunately, you must...
 

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Steve Miller

Go to system prefs -> sharing -> Internet sharing
-> then share your "iPhone USB" connection from drop down and the check the protocols to share the connection with: Ethernet, airport card (which creates wireless network), blue tooth, firwire.. -> hit start!

November 27 2010 at 7:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
exnewt

Or why tether?

Consider this - you get an important Word document. You open the email attachment, then use the iOS4 open to "open in..."

You open with say GoodReader, which caches a copy. You then send the file to your laptop using iTunes. You can then edit the file, synch it back to GoodReader, then email the file back out.

So I need tethering why...?

November 24 2010 at 5:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Eric D.

Or just get a MiFi.

November 24 2010 at 1:54 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
clasqm

I have a Sony Ericsson X10 Mini that runs Barnacle and serves perfectly well as a "mi-fi" for my iPod Touch and my netbook. Oh yes, it also takes calls. And I got it "free" with the data contract.

Or, if you can't bear to carry that other mobile OS, jailbreak your iPhone and set it up as your wifi hotspot. It's a $10 app, I believe.

November 23 2010 at 3:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
james

OR... you can make any laptop with wi-fi connection a wi-fi hotspot. So if you have more than one device, you can connect them all to your laptop, which is connected directly to the iPhone.

The only use case I can see is if you want to share your iPhone's connection with an iPad or iPod... and you haven't got a laptop.
But if you've got an iPhone, you don't need an iPod touch. And you can get an iPad with 3G anyways...

November 23 2010 at 1:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mpariseau2

I don't see the advantage here. According to the video, tethering has to be turned on in the iPhone. If that is the case, then why do I need this wifi modem?? Also, as soon as you turn on tethering with AT&T, you lose your grandfathered unlimited data plan and get the 2 gb per month option. Not good!!!

November 23 2010 at 12:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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