Re: Toshiba e740 adhoc wireless problem

From: tim (my-invalid-address_at_non-existent.domain.invalid)
Date: 06/22/04 

Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 19:05:49 +0100

On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:10:06 +0100, Peter Christy wrote:

>tim wrote:

>> The result is quite strange. I started off setting the e740 IP address
>> to 192.168.0.200, but upon activating the wireless connection it
>> complained of a duplicated IP address. So I changed it to
>> 192.168.0.100. The strange thing is that on the PC, it continues to
>> report the e740 IP address as 192.168.0.200. I thought it might be a
>> temporary glitch and rebooted both the PC and e740, but the same
>> result occurs: the e740 confirms the IP address set as 192.168.0.100,
>> yet the PC continues to report it as 192.168.0.200
>
>This sounds like its to do with not having separate ip addresses for the two
>cards in your base pc........(If you have two cards)

Yes, you've raised an issue that I had failed to notice. As it
happens, I've got several network adaptors fitted on my PC. My
"network connections" reports the following:
- wired ethernet
- wireless 802.11g
- bluetooth
- 1394 (firewire).

I've never quite understood why 1394 is classed as a "network adaptor"
since it just connects some local devices. Of course it's not directly
relevant to the current thread.

So yes, the IP address I've referred to is obtained by dhcp through
the wired network. So are you saying that the other 3 network
connections each need a separate IP address - if so where do I set
them. Also, since my wired (dhcp) connection has a 192.168.0.x IP
address, do the other IP addresses all have to be on the same subnet,
or does it not matter?

>I haven't tried active sync over the wireless connection, only via the cradle.

Like you, I normally do ActiveSync via the cradle. However, it would
be convenient if I also could ActiveSync wirelessly. In fact I'd go
further and say in what other way can I use wireless networking to my
e740. Can I use wireless to do something other than ActiveSync?

>But if you've got a connection, it sounds as if this is OK.

Yes, I seem to have a connection between the PC and the e740. As it
happens ActiveSync doesn't work through it - I don't know why.
However, is there something else other than ActiveSync I can do to
check out the wireless networking between the PC and e740?

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