Re: WLAN Connections

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You can detect sleep/wake instead. However I'm not certain it will work
anyway. If you're set up for DHCP, when the device wakes, he LAN driver
powers the chip and then goes to the DHCP server to check the lease.
There's no way around that short of assigning a static IP.


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Chris Tacke
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"conradj" <conradj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Chris,

Thanks again for your comments.

Interesting points you raised about the TCP initialization back to
previous
values prior to the Power Off / Power On sequence. If I could store those
when detecting a disconnection, and reuse them to re obtain the
connection.

I'm using a separate thread to start the connection as follows:

Public Sub Connect()

Try
Dim tThread As New Threading.Thread(AddressOf
ConnectThread)
State = enumState.sConnecting
tThread.Start()

Catch ex As Exception
RaiseEvent Error(ex.Message, "Connect")
Finally

End Try

End Sub

Public Sub ConnectThread()

Dim ipaAddress As System.Net.IPAddress

Try
ipaAddress = System.Net.IPAddress.Parse(Address)

tcData = New TcpClient
tcData.Connect(ipaAddress, Port)

Catch ex As SocketException
State = enumState.sDisconnected
RaiseEvent Error("SocketException:" + ex.Message,
"ConnectThread")
Exit Sub
Catch ex As Exception
State = enumState.sDisconnected
RaiseEvent Error("Exception:" + ex.Message,
"ConnectThread")
Exit Sub
End Try

Try
State = enumState.sConnected
RaiseEvent Connected()
csClosingState = enumClosingState.csRunning

tReception = New Threading.Thread(AddressOf
ReceptionThread)
tReception.Start()

Catch ex As Exception
State = enumState.sDisconnected
RaiseEvent Error(ex.Message, "ConnectThread")
End Try

End Sub


As can be seen from the example code above, I am using the TcpClient
Class.
One problem is that I do not know how to detect a disconnection unless I
rewrite the module using the Socket Class instead (which I was trying to
avoid), if I did detect it, would it already be too Late? i.e. the Values
may be wiped out as soon as it disconnects.

I will of course let you when I find the solution to this.

Thanks again,

Conradj


"<ctacke/>" wrote:

I don't know what might be causing it, but if/when you find out I'd be
really interested to know. Just from a hardware perspective I can't see
how
it could work, becasue as I said, the radio must get shut off, so the TCP
stack gets torn down. I supposed maybe it's possible that when it comes
back up things fortuitously get initialized back to what they were and
the
socket never realizes that the connectivity went away and just continues
merrily. If that's the case, then my guess is that CF 2.0 added some
sort
of socket clean-up for these cases that plugged the hole you're driving
through. Just a guess though, since I never would have expected it to
work
in the first place.


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Chris Tacke
OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in the Embedded World
www.opennetcf.com
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"conradj" <conradj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Chris,

The reason I think the .net Compact Framework is responsible was
concluded
from the Following Test:

Symbol MC9060-G OEM 01.00.09 (MFG Aug 2004) :

1. Loaded alll CAB files including net CF 1.0 RTM

2. Connectionn Retained.

3. Loaded alll CAB files including net CF 1.0 SP2

4. Connectionn NOT Retained.

5. This would suggest that the .NET CF SP2 did not retain connections,
when
the .NET CF 1.0 RTM DID retain connections.

6. This test was also carried out on a MC9060-G (MFG 11Mar06, OEM
02.00.01)
which also gave the same results.

I conclude that the Compact Framework 1.0 RTM retains connections when
the
Compact Framework 1.0 SP2 DOES NOT.

Our customers have NOT complained about poor battery life. I accept
that
it
could be an issue with some applications, but we would prefer to keep
the
connections open with the server during power off/on. At least, for the
time
being.

Regards,

Conradj


"<ctacke/>" wrote:

I have a hard time believing the CF is responsible for this - it's the
device that handles network connectivity. When the device is off, the
WLAN
radio should be shut off, as it's a huge battery drain. When you
power
back
up, it has to reconnect, and then requery the DHCP server to see if
its
lease is still valid (it has no idea how long it's been offline). I
can't
see how it could even keep the connection, unless the 9060 doesn't
actually
shut off the radio.


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OpenNETCF Consulting
Managed Code in the Embedded World
www.opennetcf.com
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"conradj" <conradj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi,

Can someone help me with the following problem?

The first release of the .NET Compact Framework 1.0 RTM, retains
connections
to a WLAN after a device 'Power On / Off' operation. Replacing this
with
SP2
of .NET Compact Framework 1.0, the device then loses the connection
after
powering down and up (not warm boot just the power button on/off).

Not a problem for the device in question (Symbol MC9060-G), but our
client
now wants to use the Symbol MC9090-G which requires the '.NET
Compact
Framework 2.0', which also loses connections after Power On / Off.

Is their a way of making the Later Versions of the Compact Framework
behave
in a similar way to the first version, .i.e. retaining it's
connection
to
the
server even after a Suspend / Resume or Power On / Off operation?

Possibly a registry setting or Win32 API call?

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Thank you in advance,

Conradj








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