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Activesync over Wireless

The group is generally quiet on this one. I have a problem getting ActiveSync to work over a wireless network. The wireless network is otherwise faultless. Can browse the internet, transfer files between servers etc but cannot perform a sync to my laptop. The laptop is also faultless on the wireless network and Activesync works fine via the cradle. All firewalls and other clever stuff on the laptop disabled.
The symptoms are that a connection starts but never gets fully established. Then it all stops. I have recently performed a hard reset on the palmtop and rebuilt the image (for other reasons) but this problem has not changed as a result of this process.
I have filddled with setting the network settings to connection via the internet and from work but that doesn't seem to make much difference. I'm beginning to run out of ideas.
Any help most appreciated fellow globe dwellers!
Thanks
AA

Hi AlliterationArtiste,
I had it working on a previous PocketPc, and I think that it was having the ip address for the pc that made the difference for me.
You PocketPc probably only knows the name of your pc, and if it can't get that name resolved to an ip address anywhere, you are sol.
What I did was install an app called Pocket Host. It acts like the local host file on a pc. I put my pc name and its ip in the app, and then it worked.
I have since switched to dhcp which ruins the solution...
here is a link from Handango:
http://www.handango.com/PlatformPro...tType=2&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productId=54305
Just a thought, and worth a try.
Torben

You're a wizard!! This worked perfectly.
The whole thing was made more interesting because I run vmware on my laptop and so there are several ip addresses that the machine can respond to. I used to sometimes get a connection but now thanks to your excellent suggestion I can a 100% reliable connection
Thankyou

Networking Gurus Please Help Me.

Hello Everyone. i have a pc that is hooked up on a LAN that gets net access via VPN on a local host. My PPC (XDA2i) on 2003 se is connected to my pc via Bluetooth on a PAN. so what i need is for the PPC to be able to access the LAN so it can connect to the host computer via VPN for net access... i tried 2 different apoproaches.
#1 I bridged the 2 connections (PAN and LAN) under the same Subgroup as the host. eg : 192.168.0.xx , Host = 192.168.0.1 . problem is the pc is unable to ping the PPC and vice versa. so if they are unable to ping what more establish a VPN connection. strangely, the pc is able to access the LAN, but the ppc isn't.
#2 I tried using XP's ICS. I enabled all the forwarding settings and assigned the PAN a different subgroup IP (192.168.1.xx). VOILA !!! the ppc is able to ping the host (192.168.0.1) I'm assuming the pc is forwarding ping packets to the ppc. but the pc acting as a NAT doesnt help solve my problem. weirdly, the ppc is unable to establish a VPN connection.
the type of VPN is unsecure uncrypted PPTP.
thanks everyone in advance

Cisco VPN + WM6 Internet Sharing?

Anyone get these two to play nice together?
Details:
Cisco PIX 501e at the office
WM6 3g phone (HTC TyTn II)
vista/xp laptop (working properly on either would be great right now )
VPN setup on the pix is, i believe, fine. I could be wrong tho, i set it up by trial and error + reading the manual having never even touched a cisco device before
It works tho and has worked flawlessly for months now with Cisco VPN Client on XP or Vista machines.
Old phone was WM5 and used the clunky and annoying modem emulator to enable a laptop to use it to connect to intarwebs in the middle of nowhere, this was great and after faffing about getting it setup worked fine (required you to be logged in as administrator on vista tho :\ and not just a user account with admin privileges, actually administrator. Annoying.)
New phone is WM6 and uses internet sharing to connect with a laptop, this is a much better solution with no faffing about in vista and XP
Problem: Cisco VPN client connects to the pix through Internet Sharing on the phone just fine, however no traffic gets through.
Cannot ping, web browse, dns, rdc or anything to the network at work. Tried with Cisco VPN client v4.6.00.0049 and v5.0.01.0600 on XP and v5.0.00.0340 on Vista, none work.
This sucks
Now, i know its not a problem with the laptop or the vpn software on the laptop as these work fine when connected over ethernet or wifi.
Its not a problem with the phone's 3g connection, i installed a trial of bluefire vpn client onto it and that connects to the vpn and works just fine when the phone is in standalone mode.
However for the life of me i cannot get the two bloody things to work together.
Plz halp

Hi,
Often times, the inability to ping a local host (computers or other connected devices e.g router, hardware firewall, printer, PPC, etc) or hosts, is due to the firewall not allowing traffic through the router. It can also be that the hosts are incorrectly configured to be on different subnets, even though they are local, as in your own case.
Proceed as follows to troubleshoot:
a). Ping the router
Note that the idea is to see if we can establish communication with the router or hardware firewall such as the Pix.
At command prompt (c:\>) type:
ping 192.168.0.1
(each router manufacturer uses a different default internal IP address for its router) - the one above is for a Netgear or D-Link router - for a Cisco router, you would need to know the Cisco IOS command - see your router manual for this.
b). ipconfig /all
Note: there is a space before the forwardslash.
When it returns the parameters, check to see that the IP addresses are all on the same subnet.
This is crucially important for you to take good note. If you are not able to ping a local host or gateway, it's most likely due to this.
c). Ping the Pix Firewall (using its IP address)
d). Ping a remote IP address, e.g. your ISP's gateway or DNS server
e). Is there traffic? If it returns successfully, then ping the other hosts, including the VPN client.
Pix Firewall
Check to see that the Access Control List is configured correctly by ensuring that the IP addresses of the connected hosts have been entered, with the relevant access rights.
Router
Log on to the router. Whilst there:
Ensure that the hosts (computers, etc) are all on the SAME subnet. If they are on different subnets, you must correct the IP addresses to reflect that they are on the same subnet.
Note: If you do really want them to be on different subnets, then you need to use a default gateway.
Hope this helps.
kiwi992.

[Q] Ip received via Tethering

Hi, one of my coleagues has a wildfire. Unfortunately, when he connects his phone to his pc in thethering mode, the network connection that is created gets an ip address which is 192.168.100.x. This poses no problem when surfing, but, when he connects to work LAN via VPN, the ip blocks clash, as the LAN at work is also 192.168.100.x block. Am i missing the setting where this can be changed on the phone, or is it impossible?

[Q] Why some programs have problem with WIFI connection

Hi all friends, how are you ?
I have a bad problem in my android phone with wifi connection
it is very wonder. let me explain it more.
I am using android on my HTC HD2 device. every thing was good before but these days I have faced a bad problem that is very strange for me.
The first sign of it was "APPLANET" software was not able to connect to it's servers in order to load program lists !!!
at first I thought that maybe APPLANET servers or ports are blocked via my ISP but one day I installed MDJ HD android rom that supports "Internet pass through" and tested that program and I found that it worked .
with wifi: the program didn't work
and with internet pass through (internet from pc to android with USB cable) it worked right.
And this is very wonder to me
I have a DSL line with one modem (TPLINK) that supports wireless router and LAN
MY PC is connected to internet via lan and my phone device is connected to internet via WIFI
both of them are using same internet but when I use wifi in mobile some programs such as applanet & yahoo messenger client doesn't work while they are working fine when I connect my HD2 phone to internet via USB cable and "internet pass through"
When I found that my ISP hasn't blocked the servers and ports At first I thought that there might be a problem in my WIFI settings , so I did a factory reset in my modem and set up it again but the problem didn't go
Then I thought that problem is related to my phone settings
I did TASK 29, Upgraded RADIO to 2.15
I installed some different android ROMs
but problem still exists !!!!
I am very confused about this problem
Why some program doesn't work with WIFI (such as applanet or yahoo) while they are working fine via internet pass through

Nobody has an idea?