| AKU version: | AKU 3+, MS BT stack | Pre-AKU3, MS BT stack | ANY AKU version with a Widcomm / Broadcom-based BT stack |
| BT PAN-related: Multiple connections at the same time? | - (only one) | n/a (no PAN at all) | + |
| BT PAN client / server | - / + (server only) | n/a (no PAN at all) | + / + |
| Real PAN (with local addresses)? Do games etc. needing local addresses run? Does for example multicasting work? | + (this means one (and only one at a time if there are more than two players) AKU 3.2 device can (also) participate in gaming | n/a (no PAN at all) | + |
| Internet connectionless BT PAN? | - (Internet connection MUST be active in order for the BT PAN network to work) | n/a (no PAN at all) | + |
| Dialup-related: How can other devices connect? | BT PAN only (not so widely supported as DUN) | DUN (the most widely supported) | BT PAN (no built-in ICS support!), DUN |
| Modem usable via IrDA? | - on Wizard (if Modem Link will be gone); + on devices with WModem (if the latter stays) | + (only via Modem Link / WModem!) | See pre-AKU3 |
| Server-like apps (RealOne streams, IRC DCC, FTP active mode etc.) | + on client, - on phone while Internet sharing is active; + on phone otherwise | + | + (via DUN, not via PAN sharing) |
| Manual intervention needed for (re)connection? | + (Internet Sharing (with IrDA connections, Wireless Modem) must be manually started and Connect chosen) | - (you don’t need to touch the device if you want to use it as a BT DUN modem) | - |
| Internet sharing-related: does everything work? | + (really!) | -, only HTTP with my free HTTP proxy server or HTTP / Socks / POP3 / IMAP / SMTP with commercial (!) Toonel | See pre-AKU3 |
| What kind of connections can be shared? | Cellular ones (GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA etc) only with the Internet Sharing utility (and with Wireless Modem if present) | Anything (the already-present connection is shared) with a third-party app (either my HTTP proxy or Toonel) | See pre-AKU3 |