Re: Unable to obtain a server assigned IP address

I'm sure that they don't expect this to stand still. Documenting something
is a sure way to get some programmer to count on it and not write his code
to be flexible enough to adapt to the next-version design. I think that's
what they're trying to avoid. You can use WinSock or RAPI to write code
that uses the ActiveSync connection, but don't count on how data is
transmitted, over what medium, etc.

Paul T.

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Perfect!! Understandable and understood :-))

This thread was old, but there are many current threads elsewhere still
asking the same or equivalent questions. Microworst should have published
some understandable info or docs, but hey, what's new?

best regards,
dan

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

If the WiFi router is still on the same subnet, it shouldn't care.
Obviously, if you have a static IP set for your wireless device and then
you
change the subnet part of the router's IP address, then it's not going to
work, but it doesn't care if its users got their IP addresses from it via
DHCP or whether they are statically allocated.

Yes, each adapter must have its own IP address and there is no need for
them
to have *any* relationship to each other. The WiFi adapter might be
172.16.0.127, while the GPRS adapter might have 221.147.2.77 (or
whatever;
they're just random numbers, as far as you know). The only effect that
one
has on the other is that packets might be routed via one adapter or the
other because of which network they are configured to be connected to or
which interface is lower-cost (usually this equates to "faster").

In any case, though, when communicating via ActiveSync to the Internet,
routing is being done by the desktop PC on which ActiveSync is running.
It's routing, really it's proxying, packets from the Pocket PC to
whatever
server it's trying to talk to.

Paul T.

"Dan" <Dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I think you may have missed the point. Some ppc's have multiple nics,
e.g.
the usb for activesync, wifi, bluetooth etc.

If one freezes the IP of the subnet, as you describe, then what happens
when
trying to access the (inter)net through a wifi router which is running
a
DHCP
server? Is the ppc capable of different ip's for each of its
interfaces?
If
that is so, then how come the NDIS seems to be generically associated
with
connections?

Thanks in advance for your response.

dan

"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" wrote:

You lost me. The IP is just the IP of your local device. It neither
enables nor prevents Internet access. The ActiveSync program running
on
the
connected PC is responsible for forwarding the network traffic to Web
servers, etc. That is, the router configuration of the *PC*
determines
how
the Internet is accessed.

Paul T.

"TweetyMalle" <TweetyMalle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I need the Internet ruglair. This IP 169.254.2.1 , can i use it to go
on
the
Internet on a other router?
--
JVL


"Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" schreef:

This is on the device that you see the message or on the PC? If
the
device,
open the Control Panel | Connections | Network Cards applet and tap
on
the
Remote-NDIS Host item. If Use server assigned IP address is
selected,
change to selecting Use specific IP address and set the address
fields
to:

169.254.2.1
255.255.255.0
blank

Paul T.

"TweetyMalle" <TweetyMalle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message
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dEvery time i connect my device to ActiveSync i get the message
"Unable
to
obtain a server assigned IP adress. Try again later or enter an
IP
adress
in
the Network settings." How can i solve this problem please.
--
JVL











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