PC Connectivity

Maemo PC Connectivity provides tools to simplify setting up of communication between the Tablet and the PC at two parts:

- Connection setup: To configure a TCP/IP connection based on different mechanisms (USB, Bluetooth, WLAN) and different operating systems (Linux, Mac OS and Windows)

- Communication tools: remote shell (SSH, SBRSH), secure remote copy (SCP), mounting file systems (SSHFS, NFS, SMB)

Easy Installation

To easily install all the Pc Connectivity components on the device and on host PC, two meta packages were created:

    maemo-pc-connectivity

    host-pc-connectivity

See the Installation instrunctions to see how to install them.

complete guide

Current Version

PC Connectivity, version 0.4.1

The current PC Connectivity release has a new control-panel applet with support to connection through USB and Bluetooth networking.

  • The new applet detects and shows the status of the connections. It's the easiest way to set up Bluetooth PAN (TCP/IP).

We are working in the wireless LAN portion of the applet, which will simplify the establishment of Ad-Hoc connections. 

Screenshots

Working with USB
Configuring USB with the Network Manager applet

Bluetooth with host selected
Connecting with Bluetooth PAN

WLAN Ad-Hoc configuration
Setting up an Ad-Hoc Wireless LAN