Hey Folks,
Does anyone have this working? I've tried and tried, but absolutely no luck. I've tried through a VPN, directly to my PC.
ActiveSync starts the connecting dialog on the PC, but just stops; no error message or anything. I do have an external address with my GPRS connection, so there are no firewalls between my device and the PC.
Any thoughts much appreciated,
Art.
While you say you have no firewalls, many service providers block the ports via GRPS needed for activesync for some bizarre reason. I've got mine working via GSM (direct via host name registry entry rather than VPN), but O2 block activesync traffic over GPRS.
I know that here in Ireland with O2 if you use the APN "open.internet" it will allow all ports through. Contact your mobile service provider, they may give you APN that gives you full access!?
Thanks very much for the answers...
I know it's supposed to be fully open, without any firewalling as well; but will cehck with them again.
I'm trying to out this together as well, but I have a firewall in my router. Which ports should I open & forward to my PC?
Also how do I got round the problem, that on my device AS has my PC LAN-name in the dropdown list.Would VPN be a solution? If yes, how?
Related
Hi All,
Do I need to do anything special to use ActiveSync over a wireless connection ? The wireless connection is setup and working fine, I can ping from PPC to PC etc etc. I have configured the connection settings in ActiveSync to accept connections over ethernet. The network says available. I guess that I don't need to connect in ActiveSync on the PPC, just press Sync ?
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Rob.
Anyone ?
I am having exactly this problem. Have tried adding the PC's IP address as the wins server - that didn't work and am now wondering if an hosts file is required??? I can connect to the PC through file manager using the name or the IP address so it really doesn't seem to make sense.
philip
I am now absolutely sure that it is a resolution problem. I tried it on my work network which has local DNS and it worked straight away. I guess that the answer will lie in an hosts file although it's been a few years since I've worked with hosts so I'll let yo know if I have any joy.
philip
May be this is what you people need. Hopefully it helps.
http://www.wifizard.com/tutorialsXP/sync/index.htm
Thanks! It looks as if Microsoft give their devices default names that their own naming system refuses to recognise (Pocket_PC) - I guess that it is what we have come to expect of MS! I've renamed my device and will try again when I get home. Thanks again for the lead.
philip
Hi all
Firstly apologies if this has been discussed elsewhere. Searching bluetooth returns ... too many results to sift through.
OK, I have this setup. I connect my laptop to the net using either the router OR network cable. My laptop is equipped with BT.
Is there any way to browse the net from my PDA, by establishing a BT connection from XDA2 to the Laptop?
I know it would be a doddle (I hope) if I were to purchase a wifi SD card, but if I can avoid the expense it would be great.
Thanks in advance.
One way would be through BlueTooth ActiveSync. As when in the cradle, when your PPC is connected to your PC through ActiveSync, internet connectivity is through the PC. I use it whenever I am in proximity to my BT laptop. Works well!
If you go to Options in ActiveSync, click the Rules tab, check Open ActiveSync when my mobile device connects. and have the Connection set to The Internet or Work depending how your network is set up. Then establish an ActiveSync connection (USB, serial, Bluetooth or IrDA) and it will allow you use Internet programs like PocketIE, Pocket Outlook, etc.[/b]
I thank you both for your very very quick response.
Yes, both methods work. YIPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
I am one happy bunny.
Cheers
Going insane bluetooth activesync internet
I wish I could be so happy. Let me give a brief overview of the last 6 hours:
Installed bluetooth dongle on the work PC - eventually got it connecting to the XDA2.
I have now managed to get a connection with activesync which seems to be quite robust and synchronises ok.
I am now trying to get on the internet via my active sync bluetooth connection (and tearing my hair out)
My network management is now set to a new connection I have created call 'My Work' no modem set up with the proxy settings set to those required on my work LAN. No VPN set up.
Have set the pass through on the PC to work, internet and open activesync to enable and disable but can't get ti to connect. Please help!!!!!
Going insane bluetooth activesync internet
I wish I could be so happy. Let me give a brief overview of the last 6 hours:
Installed bluetooth dongle on the work PC - eventually got it connecting to the XDA2.
I have now managed to get a connection with activesync which seems to be quite robust and synchronises ok.
I am now trying to get on the internet via my active sync bluetooth connection (and tearing my hair out)
My network management is now set to a new connection I have created call 'My Work' no modem set up with the proxy settings set to those required on my work LAN. No VPN set up.
Have set the pass through on the PC to work, internet and open activesync to enable and disable but can't get ti to connect. Please help!!!!!
maybe it's a firewall issue
try messing around with the ping program
on your pocketpc and see if you can ping the ip of your computer
and on it's gateway and dns
also make sure your dns settings on your pocketpc is set to the same as your pc
pocket ping
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=11879
Thanks for the advice. Bit stumped really:
My PC has a static IP address (10.130.16.84) I run pocket ping on the XDA and it says it's IP address is 192.168.55.101 the network is DHCP enabled. Neither of them can ping the other one (so there is no way I can connect to the proxy from my XDA2). Any ideas why my IP address isn't in our LAN range.
Just out of interest I can use a Dell X3i and connect to the network wirelessly no problem at all.
Further to baffle everyone - If i disconnect bluetooth and cradle it. I get the same Ip address but can connect to the internet no problem! So this would lead me to believe that all the connection and activesync settings are correct.
not sure here are some guides
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?ContentId=449
Thanks for the help but the guides didn't fix the problem.
I eventually got it working (and a better bluetooth connection in the process) by downloading the slightly newer version of the XTND Blue Manager software http://www.windigosys.com/support.htm
I can now suft the internet on the XDA over activesync and syncrhonise files ok. Slightly slow but this I expect with what is basically a glorified serial port!
The only slight niggle I have now is that ActiveSync always reverts back to COM1 as the default port when I reboot my machine. Is there any way to stick it to com3?
it's blazing away at 700K/sec at least so the specs says
Love the forums everyone, first time poster here. I have the T-mobile MDA which I have flashed the 2.26ROM along with many applications (thanks to these forums!).
My last wish for my PDA Phone is to be able to Activesync over the Internet back to my workstation at home (I was able to do this with a previous Sony Clie PalmOS, thought it would be easy with WM5). I was optimistic in hoping I could do this over T-mobile's data network, but VPN'n does not seems to work well over that data connection.
So (after establishing a vpn server at home with my Server2k machine) I attempted to connect to my homeVPN over a Wifi, which worked! I thought I was half way to getting to remote Activesync, but that is about as far as I could get.
I used this site:
http://theillustratednetwork.mvps.org/WM2003/WM2003PPTPVPN.html
To help me connect my Wizard to my home VPN (obviously not the XP settings but the equivalent to Server2k ones). The trick was to use the two different network settings, T-mobile data for Internet requests and My Work Network (Wifi) for private connections.
From there I used the Activesync 4 specs from this site:
http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/activesync/tshoot-as4x-firewall.htm
To adjust my internal network settings to try and either port forward activesync to my workstation, or somehow channel those ports into the VPN tunnel going to the Wizard. No luck...
Has anyone been able to connect WM5 to home thru a VPN and do a Activesync remotely? I really could use some help/ideas with this.
Thanks a ton!
-Smithers
-PS-
On a quick side note...everytime I reset my unit it re-creates the "My Email.lnk" in Start Menu/Programs. I like to keep my Start Menu more organized so I have the link in another folder but every reset it keeps appearing! How do I turn this off? Or how can I automatically delete that file when the OS starts up each time? Again, thanks!
Looking for some help please. At home all of this works fine so no issues there. However at work when connected via USB I cannot use the internet pass through on Activesync. I think its because we use a cache for all IE activity, e.g http://cache'domainname'.co.uk
Strangely I can collect email through the device, its all activity such as pocket IE, RSS readers, SPPB Weather that wont connect.
Anyone any ideas on how I can get round this? I use a HTC Wizard, WM5
cheers
Dave
so do your isp
and all routers from you to the site you access to some degree
Sounds like your corporate network uses QoS and packet filtering to feed off all traffic on port 80 through their cacheing proxy server.
I was going to say, try going onto your device, into the Network Connections options, and set up the proxy server settings (if you know them) in the appropriate section of the Work connection... Then, when you next connect, make sure your connection connects to 'Work', not 'Internet'.
However, as you're connecting via USB, you'll have to set up your computer as a proxy server in its own right to funnel the traffic to your device through the cacheing proxy... Which you might not be able to do. Tricky one, this.
As I've never used my device on the Internet via USB, I couldn't honestly say... I'll do some reading up into it though and if I uncover anything I'll add it onto here, I hope you get it to work though.
cheers, got it working mostly. It seems a bit tempremental, some programs just wont work but the majority do so i'm happy. Thanks for the help though
Dave
Hey folks! I need some help setting up VPN. Here's what I want to do: I want to be able to connect to my PC through Internet (HSDPA Connection. NOT Wireless LAN!!!!!) and access the network shares on my PC. Okay, now I believe the only way not involving a HTTP Server on my PC would be to set up a VPN network. What I have done so far is configuring Vista. I set up the VPN Server. I think almost nothing can go wrong, because the only setting that I'm prompted for is Username/PW to allow... ANyway so I did this, and a friend of mine managed to connect. So I think the Vista-Part is okay. Now when I try to do it with my mobile, I FAIL. I did setup the VPN Connection in the Connections menu, and then I find the connection in the list and I tap-and-hold it and choose connect, and then it SEEMS the phone is trying to connect, at least it establishes the HSDPA Connection if it's not ready. But nothing more happens. No errors, no warnings, no indicators, nothing. Resco Explorer can't see my PC and my PC doesn't show an active VPN Connection either. I've already tried to alter the settings of the VPN Connection on my mobile and I think I've had them in almost every possible constellation but it simply won't work. Can someone help me and explain how to do it please? Your efforts would be very much appreciated!
Nobody? I really need this