Patrick,
At 06:57 PM 3/28/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know if Palm exposes the API for writing a Network interface?
No. Right now if you want to add a network interface you have to become a
palm licensee, modify the OS and burn it into ROM. Certainly not for the
faint of heart.
>PPP and SLIP are examples of Network interfaces shipped with the Palm OS but
>I would like to write my own. I am looking to get access to the IP packets
>and figure that hooking in at the Network interface would be the best
>approach.
>
>Anyone know of other methods to get the IP packets?
You can right a virtual serial driver to handle this, but it's complicated.
You'll have to monitor the PPP or SLIP connection to handle aliasing. But
it can be done.
Hope this helps.
Greg
Greg Winton
Bachmann Software and Services, LLC
http://www.bachmannsoftware.com
Home of Bachmann Print Manager, the only graphical printing solution for
the PalmOS
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