On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:21:29PM -0400, Nagaja Vasireddy wrote:
> Hi All,
> I'm trying to connect a Palm(IIIxe) device to the PC using its serial port
> and do a ping operation. My current settings on Palm:
> Service: Windows RAS
> Username: My PC username
> Password: assinged
> Connection: Direct Serial
> And in the Details Menu Connection Type: SLIP Query DNS: none( have no
> DNS )
> IP address: assigned
> On my desktop I am running Win RAS using the same com port connected with
> the palm.But I am not able to ping the Palm from the PC. But the strange
> thing is that when I press "connect" button on palm I get the dialog box
> which says "Established" and the button turns to "disconnect"( surprisingly
> it happens everytime whether cable is connected or not). If I do a ping from
> my PC, the request always fails. So I am not sure what is going worng with
> the connection/ settings. Is it possible to connect palm with a PC using
> serial port and if yes, what are the tips to do that.
>
> Note: WIth SLIP connection type, the connection is established even if the
> Windows RAS is not running on the COM port.
You might want to check out mochasoft.dk as they have a better PPP
client - it is shareware, but the diagnostics will be better and you
can see if it is working.
Make sure you are pinging the right address. Also have IP Forwarding
on in your network panel.
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