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accessing LAN from PPC with activesync

Hallo,
I've searched for a long time in the forum and in Internet but I was not able to find how to access a shared folder on my :shock: LAN. It seems I have to use pass-through connections but I'm not able to make it work. Every time I use pocket file explorer to open a shared folder (writing the complete UNC) I receive the message "the network path was not found" and then "network resource cannot be found .....".
My LAN is a 192.168.1.X network and I've seen that IP assigned to the PPC is 192.168.55.101
Thank for every help.
Rudy

I'm not sure.
But have you tried localhost????
HTH
Stefan

I've tried from pocket file explorer both \\localhost and \\127.0.0.1 but I've received always the same messages.
rudy

Tryed Pocket LAN yet?

It works
I have been trying to do this for months and pocket Lan works perfectly

There is a freeware network utility, named vxUtil.
Maybe this tool help you to solve the problem.
Utilities include:
DNS Audit
DNS Lookup
Finger
Get HTML
Info
IP Subnet Calculator
Password Generator
Ping
Ping Sweep
Port Scanner
Quote
Time Service
Trace Route
Wake On LAN
Whois
vxUtil (Personal) operates on all Windows CE-based Handheld, Handheld Pro, Palm-size and Pocket PCs and requires Windows CE 2.0 (or later).
http://www.cam.com/vxutil_pers.html

I've truid both pocket lan and vxUtil with no results. I can't ping the laptop. I think I could never ping it if the network segment of PPC and laptop are different. Laptop ip now is 10.0.0.8 and PPC always 192.168.55.101. Perhaps I should enabled a proxy on the PPC to route the ping.
rudy

do you have a personal firewall installed on laptop? try to disable and check

I have no firewall installed or active.
I was successfull in accessing the LAN using the software "pocket LAN CE", but this is obvious thus it installs a server software that stays resident in the tray bar of the deskop PC.
There must be a solution to access the LAN using only active sync!

As far as I know that's not possible without a LAN card.
The passthrough which is available via activesync works only for internet connections.
I might be wrong. Keep looking. Have done it for a long time an gave it up.
If you find a solution feel free to share at this forum.
Success

How about LAN over Bluetooth?

LAN over bluetooth
And how do we accomplish this with the XDA II while the XDA II has no profile for LAN over bluetooth.
Please share the info you've.
Because this is interesting to me too!

For me too I'm also trying bluetooth over XDA but aint working yet

:?
I have installed bluetoothGPS.zip file (found in this forum) and then I installed the Bluesoleil Bluetooth Software for the PC (evaluation version). I could get an IP for the PPC and see the LAN but Internet wasn't working. Anyway having the two Bluetooth Stacks at the same time on the PPC is not a good alternative...
So please:
-MS give us some more Bluetooth Profiles, cm on, you can doit!
- Tobias and Pocket Bluetooth Tools: Please finish the LAN profile, I already donated you :wink:
Cheers

Make sure that a "guest" account is enable on your server, and try protocals other than tcp/ip. Ipx/Spx is fair. I suppose I should ask first if the activesinc laptop is able to browse the target folder? If it can, then try mapping the share as a network drive on the laptop, and see if you can nav to it using activesinc??? I'm a newbie, and don't even have my MDA I yet (in about 2 hours, I will). I will definantly be trying lots of unorthodox crap, so I'll let you know if I get it to work! Good luck.

WiFi file sharing help needed.

I’m looking for help networking my O2 XDA IIs with my Windows XP Pro Desktop via a Wireless ADSL router and the XDA File Browser software.
Currently I have my XDA connected to my Wireless router and on the internet. It can access the internal router configuration and I can see the XDA on the DHCP table so I know the connection is good. I can also ping my XDA using my desktop but the XDA does not appear in the available networks list
Using my XDA to try and access my desktop: I enter the path to open in file explorer (\\XDA IP ADDRESS) I get the message;
"Network resource cannot be found or you do not have permission to access the network"
When I try the same thing on my PC I am told “The network path was not found”
I have disabled both the Windows firewall and Norton Internet Security but this has not helped at all. Anyone got any ideas?

What software are you using? I've found that you need something like POCKETLAN or RESCO FILE EXPLORER in order to do this on my 2i and 2s (before I ditched it for stability reasons). Both of these allow you to map network drives to the network folder in file explorer.

i have the same problem with my qtek2020i. Why?
Can any1 help us? PLEASE

Thanks for the replys. I managed to solve the problem by getting a copy of vmNethood installed. Works really well and if you enable the Network folder you can map network drives, the map is put in the network folder. I'm now happily listening to musing in other rooms on my XDA

PS. All my stability problems were serted (well 99% of them anyway) by installing the 1.40 ROM. Has WMP10 which is nice.

network file share
Guys,
2 things. girstly where can i download vmnetood from and secondly how do i update my rom and other bits?
thanks

Access network share via WiFi

I had a JasJar and before it PDA2k and with both I could not mount network shares on my local home network. I write the address in file explorer in the format \\10.0.0.23\share where the share share does not even have a password and is share to everybody and the phone can not recognize the share.
It does see other devices on the local netword for example it can browse the Internet and access my routers web based admin but not the share.
Other computers on my home network can access the share.\
I heard there are programs that help in doing this, but is there no direct or free way to do this?

Try using Resco File Explorer in which you will be able to map shared network folders and then you can access them from File Explorer directly, it even support possword protected shared items.

Im using the standard file explorer, it works fine. I start by typing \\P4 which eventually shows my shares, and then I can navigate as I want.
Cheers
Nasdaq

still can not connect to share
Nasdaq, which version of windows do do you have the share on. Are there any special settings?
It gives me "network path was not found" always then "Network resource can not be found or you do not have the permission to access the network".
The share has no password, on windows it just logs me in without any further input.
I am using the openpath in the file explorer.

May be you need to check once again about IP Addresses and Default Gateway settings, which is not allowing you to connect with your LAN.

--Universal can't connect to Windows Server 2003--
Cant map to a Windows 2003 Server share? Is it also a Domain Controller? Check the server for
start / programs / administraton tools / Domain Controller Security Policy
Then check Local Policies / Security Options :
Microsoft Network Server: Digitally sign communications (always)
change to disabled
that will stop your universal from accessing a share normal windows machines can access.,.

Access shares problem is on Windows XP
This problem is on WindowsXP share not on windows server.
Also the imate can access the Internet and even the administration of the router, so I gues it has full TCP/IP abililty.
Are there any workgroup settings that I need to do?

Sorry for not getting back earlier, my share is on an XP sp1 box.
What I would REALLY like to do is browse my Exec over wifi from my PC. :?
Cheers
Nasdaq

Anyone got any other advice on this one?
Can't access my network shares with //192.168.0.1/ etc either?
Thanks
M.

I can't access shares by using the IP, I have to use the name of the machine: \\azhad instead of \\10.168.2.158
Azhad

Hi Guys,
what is this sharing stuff u r talking about?
Please excuse me for this newbee question but i want to know about what sort of sharing etc can i do with my Exec and Laptop, like exploring files on laptop from Exec or other way around?
My laptop has Windows XP sp2 and i use wireless router to share my broadband
many thnx......
Jatt

Try this up
I had the same problem accessing network shares on my Universal...
I was also typing IP address in Resco Explorer and it was not working.
But I could make it work using the computer name. I have no idea why it work whil with basic ip address it couldn't, but at least I am able to browse my computer folder and play video files.
So try using "\\computername\share" to see if it's working.
forrest.

I tried
I tried doing that, using the computer name. It takes more time to tell me that it can not access the server.
I think that to resolve the name of the computer it needs a wins server, is that correct?
Could it also be in your network settings if you set your network as internet or connects to work?

to Jatt
Jatt theoretically you should be able to create a network share on any computer on your network and be able to access it on your phone. This is really handy since you would not need to activesync to exchange files.
But note that for JasJar/Exec or any WM5 device you can not sync over the network just share files.

To ehabh
Thanks for trying to help me out but can u tell me how do i create a network share on my computer? please
Thanks again

Same problem
I've got the same problem. I can connect to the internet through my router but for the life of me I can't connect to the shared on my PC (XP SP2). I know it's not a problem with my EXEC because I can connect to my PC at work. I can see my PC in the device list but not connect to it.
The first time I tried to connect using Resco Explorer 05 I managed to ge the screen asking for log-on details, but never got any further as it said my passwork was incorrect. Since then I've never managed to get the log-on screen back only an error say the network resource was unavailable.
I've ran the XP network set-up wizard more times than I can count, changed my PC settings manually but still had no luck. Has no one figured out what we're doing wrong?

I didn't really understand the machine name issue as I don't have any WINS or DNS server at home... But for me it worked...
Anyway you should try to temporarily disable your personnal firewall (On the computer you're trying to access) just to see if it is not blocking network traffic for the windows sharing.
If it is the problem, then you have to configure your firwall to stop blocking this traffic...
Sorry, but it's all I know...
Forrest.

Shared folders

Ok, here's the story
I can make a VPN connection to my home PC to access shared files and folders. This works great with my laptop and other PC's but when connecting with my Qtek 9000 the shares are unreachable.
The VPN connection itself works (On the PC, I can see a connected client), but when i choose "Open path" in File Explorer, it will give an error saying the location cannot be found.
Anyone with a solution? Thanks in advance,
Biff

I can connect to my home wi-fi router but what next?

I set up a Wi-Fi connection to my home wireless router and set up the WEP security stuff as *I think* it should be. I connect to my home network OK *I think* (at least I get no error message from Comm Manager and my router shows it has successfully allocated a valid IP address to the device using DHCP).
What happens next?
If I try to use any external resource such as a web browser my device tells me it's connecting via GPRS.
In file explorer I have no way to see anything shared on my network.
Do I need extra software to access files on my home network?
Do I need to set some extra flags to tell the device to use Wi-Fi in preference to GPRS?
Just in case it's relevant, I'm using a Wizard (T-Mobile(UK) MDA Vario) and my home network is a collection of Windows XP Pro PCs and a NAS hard drive.

total commander is good imho to brows
and in settings->connections->connections advantage
make sure you pick mynetwork at not myisp

Thanks!
I now get my device to use Wi-Fi instead of GPRS after I set the correct option under
settings-> connections-> connections advanced
Total commander looked promising, but having installed it I still can't connect to any of my network shares, and the help on the web site seems to relate to the Windows client only. I don't have a "Network neighborhood" appearing on my PocketPC so navigation is still a problem.
Even if I type in the full network share name (which I could do with the standard file explorer) I can't connect. Total commander reports "Error 58 when connecting" but there's no help for that either. At least TC gives me an error code, which is a little more helpful than File Explorer.

Tulaine said:
Thanks!
I now get my device to use Wi-Fi instead of GPRS after I set the correct option under
settings-> connections-> connections advanced
Total commander looked promising, but having installed it I still can't connect to any of my network shares, and the help on the web site seems to relate to the Windows client only. I don't have a "Network neighborhood" appearing on my PocketPC so navigation is still a problem.
Even if I type in the full network share name (which I could do with the standard file explorer) I can't connect. Total commander reports "Error 58 when connecting" but there's no help for that either. At least TC gives me an error code, which is a little more helpful than File Explorer.
Click to expand...
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Resco File Explorer is good but I use Bizzdev's Netuse though you may be hard pushed to find a working download link for the PDA version (freeware), but I'm sure there are ways.
Mike
Mike

The title threw me off ... "I can connect to my home wi-fi router but what next?"
I was thinking:
- Surf the net
- Hack a gibson
- Have fun
1. Get connected to my home wi-fi router
2. ???
3. Profit.