Hello Ann and list:
I do need to point out here Ann that it certainly is possible to connect to
the internet via serial - not as a dumb terminal, but via Activesync, as
described in the connectivity chapter of the manual, depending on your
version of KeySoft. I do realise that this is not what was being attempted
however. You would set your connection configuration as if you were surfing
via a LAN.
This is also possible with KeySoft 5.1 and earlier, though no DNS is
resolved, making it necessary to know the IP address of each server to which
you wish to connect, a dificult process to master I might suggest!
Regards,
Dean Jackson
Humanware
Christchurch
New Zealand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann K. Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 12:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Problem setting up Braillenote
Hi all,
Are you looking in the connectivity menu? I don't understand this at
all Brenda, really I don't. Why is she using a serial cable to try to
log onto the Internet? You must know that she's got to log onto her
ISP before anything will happen at all, anything! The BN can't
connect to Bookshare or anywhere else unless it is first connected to
her ISP, her Internet Service Provider. You can't do that by
connecting the BN to the computer with a serial cable as if you were
using the BN as a dumb terminal, what on God's green earth are you
thinking?
I don't understand what you mean about not being able to get into the
connectivity menu. It's in the options menu, and is very simple and
straight forward to operate. If she's using Earthlink, there may be
some trouble there. I have heard that some people do have trouble
setting up their BN's for Earthlink. But if you can't even find the
connectivity menu...
Ann P.
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