On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Jeff Loucks <jhlou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We'd enable a PPP bridge service on the PC serial port (standard on > NT/XP pro), configure the Palm NetLib to communicate via PPP over the > serial port, and place the device in the cradle. The Palm <-> PC PPP > protocol would connect and the PC would bridge the Palm device to > whatever networks the PC had available. > > You can probably do the same thing using USB or Bluetooth, with the > appropriate incantations. > And that's where the problem lies. It's been a while, but here's what I recall that you have to overcome: -Find a way to create a 'virtual' serial port, over USB -Create the PPP bridge, over the virtual serial port you just created -Get Palm OS to connect It does work, but it's kind of a pain to get setup. And it's not something that's going to 'just work', like a conduit would. I'd recommend making a conduit (remeber how avantGo used to work?). It's more standard, and a lot less of a bother. Plus, IIRC you can't sync while the connection is active; could be an issue for you, I don't know. There's software out there (softick, mocha ppp, etc), that will do this for you; however, it's obviously not redistributable. -- Christopher Stamper Email: christopherstam...@gmail.com Skype: cdstamper -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
