On 2009/01/07 4:30 PM, David wrote: > Currently I am trying to set up a bridged network between my PDA (Sharp > Zaurus) and my Macbook Pro. I would prefer to do this within OS-X if at > all possible, but am willing to use one of the Linux VM's I have set up > to do the same job. The PDA is currently running Angstrom and I am > pretty sure I have everything set up properly on that side. I have > manually configured the ip address on the PDA using ifconfig. Within > OS-X, however, I have no idea how to bridge the internet connection > coming from the wireless network to the PDA via the USB cable. I have > read of this being done within Linux and Windows.
> The pda does show up as a new network device. I configured everything(?)
> properly and then set up sharing within System Preferences. The major
> problem seems to be DNS. I have followed the instructions within the
> Angstrom Manual, but still to no avail am I able to set up a network
> between these two. Feel free to ask for more information as I do not
> know what really affects any of this as I have never set up a networked
> connection on a USB device. Normally I would be using wifi, but I can
> not seem to get that set up within Angstrom either =/.
A long time ago, when I last played with something similar (for a Palm
clone), it involved SLIP (yes, that was the recommended method, betimes;
let's all join in a rousing chorus of "Eeew! Gross!"), so I'm just
tossing out possibilities in hopes it'll help:
1) When you say that the handheld shows up as a new network device, that
makes me think the Mac is expecting to be able to use it in "modem"
fashion; are you certain your Mac is seeing this device as a peer, and
not a peripheral?
2) Are you using the OSX-palm-tools "USB-TCP Bridge"[1]?
3) Last I knew, Internet connection sharing on OSX forced the client
machines to use a DNS proxy on the sharing machine, and that the sharing
machine was acting as a NAT router rather than a bridge. So: a) On your
Mac, is anything listening on udp/53? ('netstat -an | grep .53'? b) Does
stopping the host firewall (if it's running) fix the DNS problem?
Best of luck!
-sth
[1] http://osx-palm-tools.sourceforge.net
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