I'm running an XDA2, with a Sandisk WiFi card. After much messing about, I finally got my XDA2 and PC to communicate, well, recognise each other. I now have two problems which I would welcome any advice on;
1) Can I activesync wirelessly? NOT through bluetooth, but through WiFi?
2) I've read some other postings confirming the possibility of utilising my broadband connection to my PC through the WiFi card, thus allowing my XDA2 to browse the 'net. The problem is, how do I set this up?
Thanks, in advance...........
XDA II, activesync -> bluetooth
Sony SRX87 notebook ->belkin bluetooth
ok, so I activesync, and now I can explor to the internet
via my notebook (which is connected to the home ADSL via WiFi)
this works v.good, range is just as good as the WiFi at home,
speed is not an issue, and it doesn't eat power like the WiFi card.
But ... here is the rub ...
with the network WiFi card, I can access files on my home PC / notebook.
With this BT link to the internet, the computer's files are inaccessible.
Any solution (except to wait for a complete new BT stack, etc etc)?
I'm using a similar setup, but my battery life becomes alarmingly short when I switch the Bluetooth on. I'd guess I'd be lucky to get 3 hours in total. Is this your experience?
battery and BT
no, I don't see the bat go down too fast.
At least, it is much slower-going than a WiFi card ...
I've just downloaded a 100Mb matrix film to the SD card
via BT from my local machine (using activesync explor)
took about 1 hour.
I think it used less than 20% of the power...
What was the distance between your XDA and bluetooth receiver? I've heard it mentioned that if you go further away (more than 10 feet say) then the XDA switches into a higher power mode to get the signal through. Is this true? What's your experience on this?
So it is possible to connect to the internet using an XDA that is connected to a PC via bluetooth?
I have a router that both my laptop and main pc connect to to go on the net but when i make a bluetooth connection to my laptop all i can seem to do is transfer files.
I did change the network it used at one point but that then knocked out the connection to the net via the laptop.
Is there a tutorial on how to set this up as its the main reason i got my BT adaptor!
Cheers
Si
BT->inet
you just need to enable "pass thru" to the internet in ActiveSync.
IF you can access the internet when using ActiveSync with USB,
then when u go thru BT it can be done, too. Just follow some
tutorial on how to access the inet via activesync cradle...
regarding BT power and distance - my test was just 2 meter away....
so I dunno how much more energy the long distance BT might need.
Beleive it or not ive been trying to make this work for 3-4 days now. I cant get activesync to work via BT. Only file transfers work at the moment, really starting to wind me up too!
If files trasnfers work, you must be using the widdcom bluetooth stack. I'm sure most people have downgraded to the microsoft stack, with TOwa's patch. With the microsoft stack, its much easier to set upo. Just make sure com ports is enabled as a service on your pc, and that you have com ports enbaled as a way to activesync on active sync 3.7 .
Surur
Does this Towa patch work on the XDAII then?
Would I be better off with it?
Where do I find it?
How do I install it?
I really appreciate the help people, would be nice to get it all working!
Made progress, active sync is now connecting from the XDA, doesnt seem to be syncronising anything though. And when i try and use explorer it still trys to connect via GPRS rather than bluetooth.
I have selected the maintain connection on Activesync on the XDAII but it seems to connect, authenticate then disconnect without doing a thing.
On the Laptop activesync also says connect when i start it on the XDA then just comes up with not connected???
Still its a step in the right direction.
I've finally managed to get my Sandisk wifi card working with my XDA2 using Socket drivers but I still cannot get IE to connect to the net using a wifi connection? What settings must I use to get the thing to work? Thanks.
I have an XDA2 with WIFI card (but no software to find wifi signal). What I would like to know is can I connect my laptop to the internet using either wifi card or usb connection. And if so what is the eaisest way to achieve this. And can anyone recomend the best software to use with my wifi card.
Thanks
Terry
skillpoint said:
I have an XDA2 with WIFI card (but no software to find wifi signal). What I would like to know is can I connect my laptop to the internet using either wifi card or usb connection. And if so what is the eaisest way to achieve this. And can anyone recomend the best software to use with my wifi card.
Thanks
Terry
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Just spend 20 bucks for a pcmca wifi card for your laptop. The proven eaisest way.
Hi All, i'm not sure if this has been mentioned on this forum or if it is even possible, but is it possible to use the wizard's wifi capability's on the pc as a wifi network adapter? I would love it if I could connect my wizard, via usb, to my pc, and use it as a wifi adapter to connect to my router? Thanks!
Possible solution...
I think you can. If you have activesync installed, you can connect your ppc to your laptop/desktop and specify that you can use the desktop's internet connection ("This computer is connected to: Automatic/Work Network/The Internet"). If your laptop has a wifi connection to your router, then you're all set!
Hope this helps!
Quakie
The thing is that I would like to use the wizard as my wifi connection for my laptop. My laptop does not have built in wireless, so instead of buying a wireless card for my laptop, I would like to use the wizard's built in wifi as a replacement, sorta like a wifi card for my laptop.
in theory it sounds like a good idea, and might even work-- i would like to know how to do this just in case i ever need it.
but in your case, you might want to look at mpci/cardbus wifi adapters, get a good mpci card if your laptop supports it.
i have a intel centrino branded card that came with my dell 600m, i noticed a couple pulls on ebay just like it last week for about $25?
and on the upper hand, if you ever need to break into some locked networks, backtrax2 supports that card fully.