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pSYc0de
02-23-2003, 03:23 PM
Is it possible to have an internet connection in the cradle? Or do you need bluetooth/wifi..
n2ifp
02-23-2003, 03:30 PM
Originally posted by pSYc0de
Is it possible to have an internet connection in the cradle? Or do you need bluetooth/wifi..

I just found this the other day, still in beta though, some seemed to have success with it. I use WiFi LAN for my self.

http://www.synclive.com/ppp/

Have fun !

 
pSYc0de
02-23-2003, 03:38 PM
ahh great thanx :)
patrickl
02-23-2003, 07:17 PM
Did anyone actually get this to work? My Windows XP machine just resets when I try to connect.
Unregistered
02-23-2003, 08:02 PM
I was able to get http://www.synclive.com/ppp/ to work in an office (LAN) environment but not over a dialup connection.

Once I installed it and created a new ‘cradle’ network connection using the same username and password I use to log on to my PC I was able to surf the web using netfront and perform a pseudo wireless update of weather and exchange rates in WorldMate 9.1.

Haven’t gotten it working in ClieMail, but I can’t get that thing to work at all on my NX yet
cbulock
02-24-2003, 01:12 AM
I was having problems with this trying to get it to work, connected once, but then I kept getting an error message. I uninstalled, then tried to reinstall, but now there is a file missing on my PC that is needed to install the PalmPPP driver. Hopefully the finished version will work.
khyasad
02-24-2003, 07:36 AM
For the unregistered guest, what did you use for IP/DNS info ... Despite setting it to both automatic as well as giving it specific info, I cannot connect ...

Keep getting DNS errors ....
herezy
02-24-2003, 06:18 PM
I keep getting an Network Setting or USB driver problems.. program is pretty buggy.. tried it on 2 computers with the same palm and no luck
simple_thinker
02-24-2003, 09:09 PM
i have manage to get it to work with my nx70, however, i gotta setup a proxy server, such as wingate, and the palm browser must support proxy in order to be able to surf. hope this helps.
n2ifp
02-24-2003, 11:18 PM
Originally posted by simple_thinker
i have manage to get it to work with my nx70, however, i gotta setup a proxy server, such as wingate, and the palm browser must support proxy in order to be able to surf. hope this helps.

Very good, until recently it wasn't even doable.
nxtacy
02-24-2003, 11:24 PM
i have sucessfully used mochappp over ir. You also need ircom2k to get 2k to let ir enable serial port. I could do everything I do on my wifi.
herezy
02-25-2003, 06:55 AM
Where you get that?!
Picasosz
02-25-2003, 08:11 AM
Not to be rude but what is the point in surfing through the cradle, Just because you can philosiphy. I'm just confused as to why so many would waste so much time for something so useless.
Alistar
02-25-2003, 08:16 AM
Well I mainly wanted to see how palm internet works. I tried on a Windows 2000 machine and it worked fine.
pSYc0de
02-25-2003, 02:49 PM
I'll be doing it to see if its worth getting a wifi card for my purposes...
jmoo2
02-25-2003, 05:08 PM
khyasad

I used the following settings:

Connection Type - PPP
Idel Timeout - 1 min
Quey DNS - Checked
IP Address - Auto

Hope it helps
nextyoyoma
02-25-2003, 05:37 PM
doesn't seem to help...but maybe I'm doing something wrong...could someone give step by step directions on this?
nextyoyoma
02-25-2003, 05:40 PM
Ok, now I have it able to connect, but I can't seem to get any applications to actually work with it...so far haven't gotten pocketlink browser to work with it..it connects, but then freezes....AIM times out and can't connect. Anone know how to fix this?
Picasosz
02-25-2003, 08:16 PM
And To reiterate It is just a question not dising any one at all I have the wifi card and a BT MS because I do not like being chained to my desk but if you do get surfing through the cradle to work in my opinion you are completley defeating the purpose of having a PDA in the first place
n2ifp
02-25-2003, 08:57 PM
Originally posted by Picasosz
And To reiterate It is just a question not dising any one at all I have the wifi card and a BT MS because I do not like being chained to my desk but if you do get surfing through the cradle to work in my opinion you are completley defeating the purpose of having a PDA in the first place

Well, maybe they have a long USB cable:D...
NXTacy
02-25-2003, 09:05 PM
You can get MochaPPP from
http://www.mochasoft.dk/palm.html

You can get IRCOM2K from
http://www.ircomm2k.de/

Using it over IR is the same as serial. Haven't tried USB yet. I'm not fond of the cable myself either. I can sit comfortable at my desk though with IR.

Why would I do this? First I don't have a WiFi hotspot at my office yet but I do have an IR port. We're not supposed to install chat software on our machines. So I have my aol, icq, and irc on my NX70. I also use yanoff but do not have the conduit on my desktop. Even if I did the server i connect to which is my ISP doesn't allow connections outside it's domain. The proxy I run on my home machine requires that I connect PPP to it. There also are no smtp servers I can relay from at my office. So again I use my own smtp server to send mail from my palm. This too requires me to have a PPP connection. Just syncing up will not cut it for any of those applications. I also like to sync with my home machine while at the office just cause I can :)

Oh by the way people had PDAs before WiFi so doing things through cable or IR doesn't defeat the purpose of having a PDA. PDA weren't desigend originally with WiFi in mind anyway but "download and go".

JTP
nextyoyoma
02-25-2003, 09:19 PM
no offense...but don't reiterate it again...we know. It's not like we're only going to use the PDA in the cradle attached to the computer...it's just a novelty thing for me, and I'd like to be able to have an extra IE window if something locks up...I'd also like to use aim on there...just cause it's cool. So until I get a Wi-fi card AND a wi-fi access point, which I can't afford right now, I would like to use this....if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it.
clie4all
02-25-2003, 09:39 PM
For all who got this to work... What connection settings did you have on the Palm device?
NXTacy
02-25-2003, 10:05 PM
56k that's as fast as mochappp will go.
rdf
02-26-2003, 04:09 PM
Originally posted by Picasosz
Not to be rude but what is the point in surfing through the cradle, Just because you can philosiphy. I'm just confused as to why so many would waste so much time for something so useless.

Another use for "surfing" through the cradle, is during "web-page-for-handheld-development" so you can see the results of your coding on the target device.
nextyoyoma
02-26-2003, 04:30 PM
Other browsers??
n2ifp
02-26-2003, 05:12 PM
What's wrong with doing it just for grins???
davidy
02-27-2003, 10:21 AM
rdf, do u need to upload the file first before ssurfing to it with the nx or do you just access the file on the hd?
intruder
02-27-2003, 10:38 AM
In the Prefs app/Network tab, I set Service to Windows RAS, Username and password specified in the windows config... I get the Connecting stage and then to the Initializing stage... but then I get an error PPP timeout (0X1231)

I already created the connection with the Palm RAS driver and I get a system sound in Win XP SP1 when click the Connect button in the palm network prefs... but then it dies

anyone has had this sort of problem ? or how do i set up both win xp and my nx to work well with the program...

thanx,

Carlos
khyasad
02-27-2003, 11:29 AM
Hi jmoo2 --- thanks for that I'll give it a go ...
patrickl
02-27-2003, 11:41 AM
Intruder, I had that too yes. Then I reset my PC and then it worked fine.
nextyoyoma
03-04-2003, 06:00 PM
hm...so is anyone still having the same problem as me? I can get my clie to connect to the computer, but it doesn't seem to work with AIM or pocketlink browser...any ideas?
fjl307
03-11-2003, 09:58 PM
I am on a pc (XP pro) connected to a DSL modem via a cat5 network cable and I cannot get it to work at all. I'd use dialup but i canceled my account Any ideas would be most helpful. By the way I use an SL10, I wonder if it is even supported by this software.
fjl307
03-12-2003, 05:39 PM
Im going to try it on my laptop (runs on WIN ME)
cbulock
03-13-2003, 01:12 AM
Not that this helps anyone here, but today when I restarted my computer I got a reminder message to register the app, and now I finally was able to get this app to work. I have been trying for weeks now, and today it just all of a sudden did. I don't know what I did, but don't give up, there is hope!
n2ifp
03-13-2003, 01:18 AM
Did you register the app before or after it worked, that's if you registered at all?

I was just curious
cbulock
03-13-2003, 02:19 AM
No, I haven't registered it. I just had never been given a reminder screen when booting up my PC.
cbulock
03-13-2003, 03:16 AM
Now I'm getting the problem of the apps frezzing. I had both PocketLink and WebPro working, but now they just freeze up after they connect. O well, I got to get to bed. Maybe a task for tomorrow.:)
n2ifp
03-13-2003, 01:08 PM
Originally posted by cbulock
Now I'm getting the problem of the apps frezzing. I had both PocketLink and WebPro working, but now they just freeze up after they connect. O well, I got to get to bed. Maybe a task for tomorrow.:)

Right, I know the feeling :)!

PocketLink II ver 2.55 out now on Palmgear, fatal startup errors have now been fixed on the NX.

http://www.palmgear.com/software/showsoftware.cfm?sid=6CF85FD7-4E6C-42C1-BFAA727274BFB67F&prodID=16405