Hi Jeffrey...
> This site explains how to have your Palm, sitting it its cradle talk
> to the outside world via your desktop's PPP connection. However this
> only applies to Win 95/98.
> http://w3.teaser.fr/~vfarcy/francais/pilot.htm
> This site refers the reader to another site for the NT solution,
> however that URL is stale.
> http://pilot.askey.net/
> Any other ideas?
I too used the instructions from the 'stale' link you mentioned, but...
I cut'n'pasted the text from the page into my Pilot at the time. So
here it is:
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TCP/IP via NT RAS
http://pilot.askey.net/ntras.htm
Windows NT Setup
1. First you need TCP/IP services already installed, which is probably
the case for 95% of all NT machines.
2. Identify the serial port you're going to use for the RAS connection,
hopefully you've got a spare.
3. Control Panel -> Modems, add a new modem of type 'Dial-up Networking
Serial Cable between 2 PCs', set the COM port to the correct port and
set the baud rate to 19200.
4. Control Panel -> Network -> Services, ensure you have the Remote
Access Service, if not add it in (you'll need your NT CD for this).
5. Control Panel -> Network -> Services -> Remote Access Service, select
Add and pick the 'Dial-up Networking Serial Cable...', click Ok.
6. Now, with the same port selected click on Configure and change the
Port Usage to 'Receive calls only', click Ok.
7. Click on Network, switch off NetBEUI, change the Encryption settings
to 'Allow any authentication including clear text'.
8. Now click the Configure button next to TCP/IP. If you're connecting
your PalmPilot to an existing network then you'll need a pool of at
least 2 IP addresses from your administrator, otherwise you can use the
'10' addresses (I'll assume for this example that we are allocating
10.1.0.1 to 10.1.0.2). Click on 'Use static address pool' and enter the
begin IP address as 10.1.0.1 and the end IP address as 10.1.0.2. To
enable packet forwarding (to let your PalmPilot talk to the rest of the
world) you'll need 'Entire Network' selected at the top of the dialog.
Just Ok this dialog and the Network Configuration dialog.
9. Click on Continue and Close the Network Control Panel. NT will
rebuild its bindings and request a reboot. You MUST reboot.
10. Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Remote Access Admin. Users ->
Permissions and grant dial-in permission to which ever user you want
your PalmPilot to connect to (this is pretty arbitrary, but important
for the login script later).
11. Start the Remote Access Service by selecting Server -> Start Remote
Access Service. (You've closed HotSync already, haven't you?)
You'll be glad to hear that that's all the NT setup taken care of, from
now onwards all you need to do is start the Remote Access Service to
enable connections from your PalmPilot. If you have a dedicated serial
port you can change the Remote Acccess Service startup type to
'Automatic' in Control Panel -> Services, this will start it at bootup
time.
PalmPilot Setup
1. Ignore any modem settings, they won't affect this connection.
2. Prefs -> Network, goto the menu and add a new service, call it
whatever you like, set the User Name to the name you gave dial-in access
to (above) and set the password.
3. Now tap on the Phone number field and enter a number of '00', this
means DON'T DIAL.
4. Tap Details, leave the connection type as PPP, setup your primary and
secondary DNS, IP address is automatic.
5. Still in the details dialog, tap Script and create the following
script:
Send:
CLIENT
Send CR:
Delay:
1
Send:
CLIENT
End:
6. Ok the Login Script and the Details dialog.
That's it! Pop your PalmPilot into its cradle, make sure you've got NT
RAS server service running and tap Connect on your PalmPilot (you can
follow what's going on by pressing the down button at the bottom of your
PalmPilot). After about 4 seconds you should see 'Established' and the
tell-tail flashing bar at the top right of the screen (this will stay
there for as long as there is a connection).
NOTE: If the PalmPilot powers down the connection is lost and you'll
need to click on Connect again.
NOTE: You can now connect at faster than 19200 (now 57600), previously
this was the limit before a hack called DirectLink appeared, you can get
DirectLink here just install the PRC and use it to connect (note in the
instructions above where 19200 is used simply go back and change the
speed up to 57600).
See http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/2660/DirectLink.zip for
DirectLink
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Good luck!
-- cheers __Andy__
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