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Nevermind, I figured it out - yay! I just had to manually configure the proxy in Firefox.

For anyone else struggling with this, here are step-by-step instructions on how to connect your PC to the internet via USB tethering your N900's Speakout GPRS connection:

1) Connect to Speakout ("Rogers Internet") on your N900 (make sure it's actually using the GPRS connection and not WIFI!)
2) Download and install the Nokia Ovi Suite
3) Connect your N900 in "PC Suite Mode"
4) Go to "Tools > Options > Connect to internet"
5) Select "Canada" for "Home country" and "Rogers (Internet Tethering)" for "Home operator"
6) Select "Tools > Connect to internet"
7) In Firefox, open "Options > Advanced > Network" and click "Settings..."
8) Choose "Manual proxy configuration", enter "10.128.1.69" as the "HTTP Proxy" and "80" as the "Port". Also check the box that says "Use this proxy server for all protocols" (this will make sure SSL works so you can visit "HTTPS" sites).

That's it! Please note: you will have to change your proxy settings in Firefox back the way they were to browse the internet on a normal WIFI connection!

I'll have to try it with Bluetooth on my laptop when I get the chance but I think it should work now...

Last edited by spamaverter; 2012-04-12 at 06:02.