It is possible to create a network connection between a Maemo device (N8×0) and a Host PC in several ways: USB, Bluetooth and WLAN. The PC-Connectivity project just released the Beta 1 version of two applets to help the users and developers to connect the device to a PC with a single click. The PC to connect is not restricted to be a Linux machine, as MAC and Windows are also supported.
PC Connectivity Manager
Connection Switcher
The first applet called “PC Connectivity Manager” is placed at Maemo “Control Panel”. It allows the user to enable/disable the connections and also to setup them changing IP address, netmask, etc.. The second applet called “Connection Switcher” is placed at Maemo status bar. It is the faster way to enable/disable the connections.
Besides the network connection features, the applets also allow us to configure other connection tools, such as x11vnc and nfs sharing. It is also possible to create “environments”, so different settings can be configured for different PCs.
For more details:
- PC Connectivity Beta 1 pages
- Installation
- Configuring USB, Bluetooth, WLAN (ad-hoc)