Re: ConmanClient.exe hates Wireless connections ???

From: Paul G. Tobey [eMVP] (ptobey_no_spam_at_instrument_no_spam.com)
Date: 04/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:19:50 -0700

I've seen the same thing to the point that I never use the wireless card for
debugging and always connect using wired Ethernet, even when my code is RF
Ethernet-related.

Paul T.

"Jimmy Woods" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:CE7FFCDB-6F5A-4E09-A303-83139D6031CF@microsoft.com...
> Hey everyone,
>
> Has anybody had problems deploying Visual Studio .Net 2003 applications,
on Windows Ce .Net devices using Wireless Ethernet cards? We have a custom
Windows Ce .Net 4.2 OS(full blown with all the latest QFE's) running on an
XScale platform. Let me point out that everything works great with the
Wirless Card without any problems. (i.e. Internet Explorer, Network File
Transfers etc...)
>
> Basically when I try to deploy my VB application using a regular
Ethernet Card, it works 100% of the time. But when I use an Wireless
Ethernet card, I get one of two following scenarios:
>
> 1) It works! It deploys and I can debug with breakpoints (10% of the
time...DOH!)
> 2) 90% of the time it fails. Here there are two scenarios:
> a) A Dialog box comes up on the PC-side saying "Failed to Launch
ConManClient.exe" and when you click "OK", you
> get the regular "Device has been prepped and ConmanClient.exe
has been successfully launched!"
> b) A Dialog box comes up on the Device-side saying "Application
ConmanClient.exe has performed an illegal operation
> and will be shutdown. blabla blablabla... Program:
ConmanClient.exe Exception: 0xC0000005 Address: 00000000"
> and then I still get on the PC-side the regular "Device has
been prepped and ConmanClient.exe has been
> successfully launched!" message.
> In both these case, with the proper settings for deployment (I.E.
device type, IP, etc...), the deployment from the
> Visual Studio .Net 2003 tools fails.
>
> What gets me is I tried with several types of Wireless Ethernet Cards and
the deployment process ALWAYS behaves the same way. And like I mentioned
earlier, if I use a relgular Ethernet Card, the deployment process always
works.
>
> In case you are wondering, I have an Wireless Access Point connected to
our network. And pinging the device is no problem...it always works. (trying
to think if I forgot to mention anything about my setup...nope...I don't
think so!)
>
> Any help or known-issues (I don't like the word BUG) would be greatly
appreciated.
> Please accept my best regards,
>
> Jimmy Woods
> Software Engineer

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