Re: Since when are 'Work' and 'The Internet' Network Settings????

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From: Helio Diamant - MS/MVP, Mobile Devices (helio_at_nospam.pocketpcfreak.com)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:12:04 +0200

Couldn't agree more. If you don't need to use a VPN, just set the "My ISP"
or "Internet settings" option to "Work Settings" (or "My work network" in
2003) and you will have it running easily. 

-- 
Helio Diamant - MS/MVP Mobile Devices
http://www.pocketpcfreak.com
"Seth Brundle" <brundlefly76@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:53e2ec95.0411122116.4ccad229@posting.google.com...
> I have 2 Pocket PC's - an Ipaq hx4705 and an Axim X30, running on a
> basic home wireless lan setup behind a linksys wrt54g.
>
> -If I set the wireless setting to 'Work', I can browse shared folders
> on the network but when I try to browse the internet I get a popup
> stating I need to setup a proxy.
>
> -If I setup the wireless setting to 'The Internet' I can connect to
> the internet, but when I try to browse shared folders I am asked to
> setup a VPN!
>
> I simply cannot beleive that this OS left the product team configured
> like this.
>
> I have read several very confused posts from users with this same
> problem, but have not found what would seem to be a solution.
>
> 'The Internet' and 'Work' are completely ambigous network settings
> that are not used on any OS I know of! Where did they come up with
> this?
>
> Not only is this horrendous default behavior but the system's
> reccommendations for fixing each case are terribly misleading, and not
> likely!
>
> I cant imagine how many people are sitting at home reading up on how
> to configure a VPN for their home network just because their wireless
> card it set to 'The Internet', and for no other reason!

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