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Wi Fi Threats?

Hi everybody, been surfing the forum now as ive got an MDA Vario, unlocked it etc etc using the threads on board.
I've been trying to get my pc wi fi router to work with my phone, but have had no luck as of yet; however last night i came accross a broadband router which i thought was mine, i only used the connection to try pocket msn and look at googles layout on the phone. After a while i noticed i was not getting a 2mb speed and the signal strength was weak, therefore i noticed im using someone elses broadband.
My question is..
is it possible for the person to see my contact details on my pda .e.g my house address, and my home telephone number which is stored on the pda?

no phone has no network shares,
chances are they are ur next door nieghbour anyway lol
so they know where u live

:? so they wouldnt know any of my details?
well i only picked up a very weak signal

I think that the device does identify you with the first name and last name of whatever is set in the "Owner Information" properties. Can someone confirm? Is there a way to change that?

I would assume that rather than owner details, the PDA's "friendly name" would be used.
All moot as regardless of my best efforts I cannot get the thing to even ping, never mind show up on any networking kit I have. As someone has said they have no shares.
I am pretty paranoid about WLAN stuff as I run several and know how easily most are hacked - however, I am not in any form of panic re my Wizard.
It seems to me that PPC's are designed as a client side only system, which does seem sensible coming to think about it.

the only thing that they could trace is any logs on the router, with your IP and MAC address... i would not worry about it too much. the person is obviously stupid enough to NOT secure there network so i doubt they have the brains to trace you.

Thanks for the info guys

could be a honeynet.......

Odds are good that your neighbor can detect that you have been riding on his nickel. I am generalizing, but if they were bright enough to be watching their router logs and dhcp logs for rogue devices connecting then they would likely have also WEP'd their box.
I agree with VAP that the risk of the neighbor prying into your device over the 802.11 seems pretty small.
The "WM_Glenn" device is my TMO MDA
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Remote desktop access to computer?

Was wondering if anybody can point me in the right direction to a remote desktop feature like LogMeIn?
Tried using the Universal to get to LogMeIn but wouldn't work on either IE or Opera.

Have you tried Terminal Services? It's built in...
If you do, have a look for my VJFullscreenTSC.
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Thanks Vijay....
I'll give it a shot

Logmein works fine for a lot of people, including myself...what problems are you having?

Logmein works fine for a lot of people, including myself...what problems are you having?

If you did the registry hack that makes pocket IE report that it's a desktop browser, LogMeIn will not recognize your device properly when you attempt to sign in. Make sure PIE is set to all defaults, log in to logmein.com and it should tell you to install a small file called RACtrl.cab From there on out, everything should work great. Good luck!
MJB

hi i have got logmein account and everything works just fine. just one question how can i connet to logmein using terminal services or maybe other app ??? cheers, cudp

Great one
z2r2pc is a great remote access software it has excellent file transfer too.

mbial
Thanks for the suggestion. It works. Setting PIE to default took care of the issue.
Some more info concerning LogMeIn on PPC browsers:
Netfront 3.3 -
Will not show Remote Desktop. However, will allow you to transfer files to and from PDA if you have LogMeIn Pro.
Opera 8.6 -
Remote Desktop will not display when you set the Opera browser as Desktop and not Handheld Device.
Setting up as Handheld Device will have LogMeIn Prompt you over and over again to install their software - hence, it will not work.
As for z2r2pc. since you have to pay for it, I'm not going for it.
http://www.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=16879
ehabh - Thanks for the suggestion. If LogMeIn decides to get rid of its free version, I might just go that route.

hi, is there a way to connect to logmein through terminal services client and if not how do i configure it? cheers

Software for XP on WM5

I have some industry specific software designed for desktop/laptop use that would be great if i could use it on my dopod 838pro. It is unlikely that it would be released in a WM version but i were wondering if there is an emulator that i could use or any other way of making this work.
Thanks

The System Requiremens for this program are Windows 95 or higher,32MG Ram, 256 colour videocard (16 bit coloour or higher), 250mg HD free, 800 x 600 colour moniter

tim838 said:
I have some industry specific software designed for desktop/laptop use that would be great if i could use it on my dopod 838pro. It is unlikely that it would be released in a WM version but i were wondering if there is an emulator that i could use or any other way of making this work.
Thanks
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Not sure if it is still supported or being worked on, but look here for a way to do it.
You will also have to look here for some of the files that are mentioned.
The rest I shall leave as an exercise for the student...
Ninja1

Couldn't you run it under terminal services if it is an industrial strength app?
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Thanks
Has anyone had any experiance with the bochs emulator (especially on the hermes) and can tell let me know of any draw backs of this
Terminal Services? i am a noob and if some could explain this to me or point me in the direction of information to help my understanding this would be greatly appreciated

Bochs is slow. ARM processors aren't super fast to begin with, and aren't great at certain types of math functions. As a result, Bochs is perhaps unusably slow. Certainly investigate it, Mamaich has done the best work on it. If you have the resources, have it optimised and report back.
However, if XP could run well on PocketPCs, Microsoft wouldn't have introduced UPMCs right?
So, the alternative to running an XP app directly on the PocketPC is to run it not on the PocketPC.
Terminal services is the Remote Desktop software built into most of our phones. It will let you log onto a "remote" PC's desktop and control it as if you were sitting in front of it. With a high speed data connection, it's very usable, and obviously you get full XP capability (or indeed if you use an alternative like VNC, you can have full Linux or OS X or anything capability) on your PDA.
However you will incur data charges for the connection. But if you're on an office connection or wifi, no problem.
Figure 1: Running Terminal Services on the Universal:
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VNC options for trinity (have searched)

hi all
Recently got an M700 and am loving it. Since discovering this place I've been amazed at what customisations you can do, and with flashing to WM6 using AX3L's fantastic ROM, getting TomTom6 working, and a few choice other apps to allow FTP etc., i've now got a device that does pretty much everything I could ask of it anywhere! (Probably matter of time till I brick it though...).
What I am missing though, is a decent VNC client (although I've used the RDP client semi-successfully).
I've searched for 'VNC' but no joy - surely that can't be the case when there's so much other stuff available? or is the search function not liking the term...?
thanks for a great forum & resource

Did you see the posts re zoomVNC on PocketPC Thoughts? Looks nice!
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http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=440789&sid=3c02eeaea509b9f859136237f11fbb17
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i have now
thanks - looks excellent
i guess there's others out there i couldn't search for too!

For me the best is PTPocketOffice.
It was recommended by Menneisyys:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1572&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
It consumes a lot less data than the others VNC.
It's fast.
It has fullscreen.
It can be used one handed.
The server side can resample the pictures to make it smaller (less data and better image than if it was done by client side).
The only minor thing I'd like to see improved is their proprietary softkeyboard. why not using the system keyboard? I don't want to use a new keyboard with each of my apps...

that's a great article
i hadn't thought to even try logmein until reading it there, i'd assumed that with their remote screens always being slightly fuzzy and smaller it mightn't be great - wow, was i wrong!
just tried logging onto a client's SBS server and the screen scaling and rotation together make it nearly as useable as a standard desktop! the screen scrolling at the side of the screen is a great interface! there'll be occasions where i need VNC, but for know i think I've got a favoured solution

z2 Remote2PC 1.4 Control your PC from anywhere! {freeware}

z2 Remote2PC 1.4
Its a Freeware
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Summary: Remote control your Windows Mobile for free
Welcome to z2 Remote2PC for Windows Mobile v1.4
What's new in v1.4:
* Advanced audio support including stereo sound, walkie-talkie and duplex talk
* Remote control your PDA/Phone from desktop PC
* Remote control your PDA/Phone from another PDA/Phone
* Minor improvement and bug fix
Requirements:
Server minimum hardware requirement: CPU Pentium III 500, 128M memory, 15M free disk space;
Download:
http://classic.pocketgear.com/download.asp?product_id=16879
or
http://www.mobiletopsoft.com/pocket-pc/download-z2-remote2pc-1-4.html
or
http://www.ziddu.com/downloadlink/1844281/Setupz2R2PC1420.rar
http://www.ziddu.com/downloadlink/1844281/Setupz2R2PC1420.rar

this is EXACTLY what i needed. thank you.

In the past this software has only worked for about 1 month before needing a serial code to activate and keep working.
I assume this will be the same with this one or am I wrong?

Wait, the topic says "control your PC from your PDA" but the description is "control your PDA from your PC"...
which one is it?

fb401 said:
Wait, the topic says "control your PC from your PDA" but the description is "control your PDA from your PC"...
which one is it?
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Looks like it may go all ways.
Looks like the server software is free, but you must buy the client software.
I'll stick with LogMeIn for free.

I just installed this software and it works great! LogMeIn.com and Go2MyPC.com are easier to work with but neither supports audio on the PPC only from PC to PC. With Remote2PC it was easier to switch to a static IP address account to log on instead of creating a DDNS account. There are also more on screen icons on the Remote2PC software than the LogMeIn.
Only thing with the audio on Remote2PC is that it's capturing the audio from my web cam microphone. I would like to capture sound from my sound card. I heard one suggestion to use a standard male to male jack and loop it from the microphone port to the speaker port but haven't tried it out yet. It always astounds people when you tell them that you are controlling your computer remotely. I also like to use LimeWire and PalTalk on my PDA.
You can use this software from PPC to PC and PC to PPC. And although this thread title says Freeware it is not. The site offers this software for $39 but when checking out it only costs $15 for 1 year. Still better than LogMeIN which might be free but is $70 for the Pro version to enable sound (just not on a PPC)