Re: Wireless activeSync?

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juan5_at_dev.com
Date: 02/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 12:29:36 -0800

Please repeat reply.

Thanks,
Juan
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi and thanks,
>
>I assume ICS means Internet Connection Sharing. Please
>confirm: I must check this in the Wireless Network
>Connection Properties in my Toshiba, but which am I to
>select from the options:
> select a private network connection
> local area connector
> loopback adapter
>
>also, should this wireless network connection be
assigned
>static IP addresses? should the iPAQ? What should I
place
>in the DNS server? For enabling NetBIOS over TCP/IP, is
>it enough to select that option in Advanced TCP/IP
>Settings or should I also add something to the WINS
>addresses? If so, which?
>
>Thanks again!
>Juan
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Actually you shouldn't need anymore than what you have
>now. What you would
>>want to do is setup ICS on your Toshiba. If you run ICS
>it will supply your
>>ipaq with almost all it needs to connect. You will also
>need to enable
>>NetBIOS over TCP/IP for the WLAN card in your Toshiba,
>this will allow the
>>iPAQ to find and use the Toshiba as a ActiveSync
partner.
>>
>>--
>>David Hettel
>>Microsoft MVP Mobile Devices
>>
>>This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties,
and
>confers no rights.
>>You assume all risks for your use.
>>
>>Handhelds, mobile: http://www.geekzone.co.nz
>>Bluetooth guides: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?
>contentid=449
>>
>>"juan5@dev.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
>wrote in message
>>news:135b201c3f7d7$1f022750$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have an h5555 iPAQ HP and a Toshiba Satellite 1955-
>S803
>>> that comes with Integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless
>LAN,
>>> running Win XP Professional with SP1.
>>>
>>> If I were to install an ISA Server in the network
>server,
>>> in order to create a VPN, could I run ActiveSync (3.7)
>>> wirelessly (without the cradle connected to a USB
>port)?
>>>
>>> Perhaps I would need an access point because computer-
>to-
>>> device connections do not support 802.11b
connectivity.
>>> But if I got that, then I would have a wireless
network
>>> in which my Pocket PC would be a member. Does that
>imply
>>> I could syncronize via this wireless network?
>>>
>>> MS ActiveSync 3.7 states in Connection Settings that
it
>>> can synchronize in the following ways:
>>>
>>> * serial cable or infrared
>>> * USB connection with desktop computer
>>> * network (Ethernet) and Remote Access Service (RAS)
>with
>>> this desktop computer
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Juan
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>

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