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I finally figured out that the problem was PDA connection was going to the network services provided by my BT dongle, but not to M-Router. With these BT services turned on I got the frustrating serial error on my T3 when trying to connect.

The cure was to right click on the BT icon in WinXP taskbar select "Advanced Configuration" and go to it's local services tab. On this tab I set BOTH "Dial-up Networking" AND "Network Access" to startup Manually.

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And in the M-Router configuration pages:
In "Advanced Settings tab, I ONLY have Bluetooth->Widcomm" selected (the "Widcomm" name may be different for different BT dongles).

This last part is optional, but is how I have it working. I don't want or need to connect my T3 via any of the other allowed methods.

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How it works for me:
When I press "Connect" on my PDA I see my PDA's BT name showing up under M-Router "Connected Devices" tab. It looks something like "100 Bluetooth - Widcomm Connected PDA_BT_Name".

Now all I need are simple instructions for setting up BT network sharing on my Powerbook (OS X), so I can surf at work. :-)

1) Connect to ActiveSync via bluetooth.

There. You are done. You now have full internet access from your device. THis can be handy when you are in an area of low coverage, or you simply want to download/view internet content on your device while it is docked and charging.

2. After clicking to install mRouter on a Windows XP Pro system, a DOS window pops up, then an error message that reads:

Subsistema MS-DOS de 16 bits
C:\Downlo~1\Mrout~1.exe
A CPU NTVDM encontrou uma instrução não permitida.
CS:054b IP:03b2 OP:63 72 69 70 74 Escolha 'Fechar' para finalizar o aplicativo.

[ Fechar ] [ Ignorar ]
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That's Brazilian Portuguese for something like:

16 bit MS-DOS subsystem
C:\Downlo~1\Mrout~1.exe
CPU NTVDM found a non allowed instruction.
CS:054b IP:03b2 OP:63 72 69 70 74 Choose 'Close' to end the application.

[ Close ] [ Ignore ]
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What's it all about?

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Blazer, 4Cast, and generally all other apps work fine accessing a tethered internet connection but VersaMail will perform a "check" and keep wanting to use my ISP's GPRS connection. Even if there were already an active internet connection, VersaMail will disconnect from that and initiate GPRS sign-in.

Anyone have similar experiences? Any ideas to fix this?

everything was working with my 650, but not the 680.
turns out one thing was different.

I had to go into 'my bluetooth places' (start/programs and at the top for me)
click on properties for 'my device'

then select accessibility, add my 680 to the list of allowed devices and apply.

now it works great!

irfanbubere@gmail.com

I see PPP in the Treo manual, but when I go to the pages it says PPP is found, it isn't there! I've REALLY been looking around.