Pair your iPAQ and home PC.
Open the Bluetooth manager on your h2210 and select "Tools" -> "Paired Devices" -> “Add”.
Click the Search Icon. Your home PC should appear in the Browser, select it.
Enter any numerical passkey. Remember this key, your PC will ask you for this now. Enter the passkey on your PC. Your devices should now be paired.
Setup Network Access between your PDA and PC (Bluetooth Network)
Open the Bluetooth manager on your h2210 and select "New" -> "connect".
(Important!) Select "Explore a Bluetooth device". Click “Next”. (Here most people select “connect to the internet", THIS IS WRONG!)
Tap “Tap here to choose a device”. Select your home PC’s icon. (You should see a red check mark on your PC icon. If you do not, the device in not paired correctly.
The wizard will now query your PC for the enabled services that are currently running. Select “Network Access”. Tap “Next”. You will see “Shortcuts created”, tap “Finish”. (If Network access is not an available service, you must enable it on your PC. Consult the documentation for your specific device).
You will now have a Network Access Icon in your Bluetooth My Shortcuts tab in the Bluetooth Manager. This is where you will connect to your network. Tap and hold the Network Access Icon and select “Connect”. You should see the Connectivity Icon on the iPAQ Start Bar state you have a network connection by displaying an icon with 2 opposite facing arrows without the “x” that is normally displayed. You can also verify this on your PC by checking the status of the Bluetooth Network Icon in your system tray. (You should now have an established Bluetooth network connection, but will probably still not be able to access the internet. We will get to that soon)
Before going on disconnect your PDA from your PC. Tap and hold the Network Access Icon and select “Disconnect”
Sharing your internet connection with your Bluetooth network.
Configure the Bluetooth Network Access Service on your PC to allow internet access. (Most people miss this important step.)
i. Right click on the Bluetooth Icon in your system tray and select “Advanced Configuration”.
ii. Select the tab “Local Services” and highlight the “Network Access” service. Select “Configure”
iii. Check the box “Allow connected devices to access the Internet”
iv. Select “OK”. Select “OK” again on the Advanced Configuration dialog Box. You should see a popup box displaying “Configuring your settings”
If your PC connects directly to the internet and you DO NOT have a router or server running DHCP on your network, follow these steps to enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). If you DO have a device running DHCP, skip these steps and move on to section 3.C to “Bridge” your networks.
i. Open up the “Network Connections” panel on your PC by right clicking “My Network Places” and selecting “Properties”.
ii. Right click on the icon that represents your connection to the internet and select “Properties”.
iii. Select the “Advanced” tab. Check the box “Enable Internet Connection Sharing”. Your PC will now auto-configure itself to become a DHCP server for your network. This means any PC or PDA on your network that is configured to use DHCP, will automatically configure itself to share your internet connection. (If you get an error stating that there is already a DHCP server on your network, or that a needed IP address is in use, then you must enable a network Bridge and ICS will not work.)
If you are using a router or server that provides DHCP for your home network you will not be able to enable Internet Connection Sharing due to the fact you only can have 1 DHCP "server" on a network. If you are using DHCP on your network, you must bridge your LAN and Bluetooth network adapters to allow internet and home network access to your PDA.
i. Open up the “Network Connections” panel on your PC by right clicking “My Network Places” and selecting “Properties”.
ii. Hold down the “Ctrl” key and select the “Local Area Connection” (LAN) Icon and select the “Bluetooth Network” icon. (Both of these icons should be highlighted).
iii. Right click on one and select “Bridge Connections”
iv. A dialog box will appear. Make sure both the LAN and Bluetooth Networks are selected and select “OK”.
v. After a few seconds you should see the Network Connections panel configure itself and see both the LAN and Bluetooth Network icons move to the new “Network Bridge” section of the panel.
vi. Right click on the new “Network Bridge” icon and select “Properties”. Verify your DHCP “server” provided this new adapter with its IP settings.
Configure the Bluetooth network adapter on your PDA.
Select “Start” -> “Settings” -> “Connections” on your PDA
Tap the “Connections” icon, and then select the “Advanced” tab.
Select the “Network Card” button.
Double tap the “Bluetooth PAN User Driver” this will open up the IP configuration settings panel.
Read this carefully!
i. If you used Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to configure your network in step 3, you simply want to verify that the “Use server-assigned IP address” is checked.
1. Select “OK” for every open Dialog box until you get back to your Today screen
2. Open the Bluetooth manager. Tap and hold the “Network Access” icon and select “Connect”
3. You should now be surfing the internet via Bluetooth!
ii. If you used a Network Bridge to configure your network in step 3, you will need to manually configure the IP settings for your device. (I am not 100% certain that this is needed. I don’t think DHCP works through the Network Bridge, but I may be wrong. You may be able to follow the steps above for this and save yourself some trouble. I will test later to verify when on my network.)
1. Input an IP address that conforms to the standards of your home network. This will probably be 192.168.0.x. If you are not sure, check the Network Bridge IP settings as you did in step 3.C.vi. The last octet signified by the “x” above needs to be a unique number 2 - 254. I would suggest using something like 20.
2. Do the same as above for the Subnet mask. This will probably be 255.255.255.0.
3. The Default Gateway will be the internal IP address of your router. Again, get this from the Network Bridge IP settings in steps 3.C.vi. This is probably 192.168.0.1
4. Don’t forget this step! Select the “Name Servers” tab. Input the same IP address you used for your gateway into the DNS field of this panel. This is probably 192.168.0.1. (You can also use any internet DNS server for this, but only do this if you know what you are doing)
5. Select “OK” for every open Dialog box until you get back to your Today screen
6. Open the Bluetooth manager. Tap and hold the “Network Access” icon and select “Connect”
7. You should now be surfing the internet via Bluetooth!