A) Does the Palm Device have its own IP address or group address and
where can I find information about it?
B) Can the connection to the Palm device via TCP-IP be activated from
the IBM-PC computer and how can I implement such procedure.
Any help is appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Alexander.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Palatucci" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: palm-dev-forum
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: Can Palm device access LAN TCP/IP
> This can be done is several ways on both Linux and Windows.
>
> With Win2k/NT/XP you can use the RAS server to host a PPP connection.
> There is a very good setup tutorial for Win2k at:
> http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~echobase/network/win2k/images.html
>
> The big things with Win2k to remember:
> -You need to send some special strings from the Palm PPP client side
> in order to get RAS to answer. This is discussed in the above doc.
> -Win2k RAS server configuration has some bugs in its refreshing. If
> you change around your COM port configuration through the Device
> Hardware manager you need to reboot before these COM ports show up
> in the configuation step.
>
> Also, for Linux, David's doc is great:
> http://www.pilot-link.org/howto/ppp/index.html.
>
> Assuming you have everything you need in your kernel, setting this up
> in Linux is a one line command.
>
> Misc Useful Info:
> -There is a device made by KeySpan that will convert a USB port to a
> regular 9 pin serial port. It works under both Windows and Linux.
> -You can use "Shortcut..3" to disable auto-power offs for your device
> (or just use the Stay on in cradle option).
> -You can force the serial port to stay open (sometimes I've had to do
> this) by going into the HotSync app (on the Palm), holding the up
> hardware button, and tapping in the upper right corner of the screen.
> -Getting RAS is probably a better solution than Mocha since you have
> a real IP address on your network.
>
> Gotchas:
> -Remember that the HotSyncManager on Windows keeps the serial port
> open so you can't have the HotSyncManager and RAS server running on
> the same port (see my config below)
> -I don't believe Win2k will do a PPP RAS over USB. I tried setting up
> RAS to use the Keyspan USB-Serial convert to set up a connection for
> my Vx, zero luck.
>
> My Windows setup:
> COM1 - APC UPS (absolute must for us silicon valley people)
> COM2 - RAS for my Palm PPP connection
> COM3 - KeySpan USB-Serial - Hotsync Manager
>
> Also, you might want to take a look at a little utility we wrote
> called "tcptty". It is available with full source at:
> http://www.coopcomp.com/download.html
> It allows you to create a virtual LAN with all of your emulator
> sessions and is useful for debugging network apps.
>
> Cheers,
> -mark
>
> Cooperative Computers, Inc.
> PalmOS Development Firm
> http://www.coopcomp.com
>
>
> "Gavin Peacock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:73335@palm-dev-forum...
> >
> > With windows 2000 (and presumably XP, but I haven't checked), you can
> > click on "make a new Connection" in the network and Dial-up
> > Connections Panel. Then select the "Accept incoming connections"
> > option. Next is a dialog showing your connections options. If you
> > have enabled the built in irDA support under win2k, you will see an
> > option for "Infrared Port". You can then continue to set up the rest
> > of the connection. If you have a serial port, you can also set up
> > serial connections this way.
> >
> > With windows 98, Irda maps to a comm port. you select that comm port
> > when configuring a PPP server.
> >
> > --- Gavin
> >
> > >Do you have any details on setting up a PPP connection over irda
between
> > >Windows 98/98SE/2k/XP and Palm?
> > >
> > >Max
> >
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