Sharing your sprint data service in Windows is way easier then you think. I have the Sierra 589, but Im sure this applies to any of the sprint data connections that use Sprint Smart view version 1.28 . The first thing you’ll want to do is make sure you have the latest version of Smart View. Once you have that out of the way open the program up and choose Tools from the top menubar. Go all the way down to settings and navigate to the Hardware Tab. Look for a check box called “allow simultaneous connections” give it a check and click Ok. This will prevent Smart View from disconnecting while you have 2 network connections running. Next hit the Start Button -> Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing -> Change Adapter Settings. Right click on CDMA (Yours may be named differently if you have another type of cellular modem) go to properties. Click on the Sharing tab and check “allow other users to connect through this computer’s internet connection”. This will enable a DHCP server with the default IP scheme of 192.168.137.x/255.255.255.0 and and a gateway of 192.168.137.1. If you have your computer already on a network with an internet connection and a DHCP server this will cause some issues. If you have a switch plug plug into it with a network cable and do the same for any other computer you want to share your connection with and your good to go. Provided the network adpater of all the other machines are set to obtain an IP automatically. If you dont have a switch you can go from network card to network card if your only sharing with one pc.

If you want a quick and simple solution for scanning your network Angry IP Scanner is a great tool. The interface is easy and simple and provides results in a readable report. I use this tool almost daily to help troubleshoot and setup networks.

I just recently started using Logmein-Hamachi as an easy way to connect back through the internet to my home network. If you are using OSX and you want to use Hamachi you will need to download the free client. For someone not to familar with using the terminal portion of OSX it can be slightly confusing. Before running hamachi you will need the latest tun/tap device drivers to create the VPN tunnel this can be accomplished by downloading the latest drivers and following the installation instructions from here. Once you have Installed the tun/tap drivers your ready to install and use hamachi. Download the hamachi package here. Once you downloaded it follow the steps below.
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