Unduly Noted

If you managed to get WICD running with your macbook pro in ubuntu  you will notice how it is still pretty flaky. Especially when working with adhoc networks. Easy fix for Pdanet. Create a network with your laptop via WICD. It will default to My_Wireless_Network with a 169 ip on channel 3. This is fine. Now go to your iPhone and connect to that network, wait for IP to populate and then start up pdanet (you will notice it says waiting for wifi on the pdanet screen, this is ok). Back to the laptop disconnect from that adhoc network via the WICD control panel (WICD setup). Now close WICD or hit refresh. You should now see your new network in the list. Connect to it and after a few seconds pdanet on the iPhone will go to its familiar screen and your laptop will say connected. Enjoy.