Re: Wi-Fi ActiveSync Only First Time

From: Tim Nicholson (tim_at_pdainfosource.com)
Date: 11/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:55:20 GMT

Thanks for all your tips! I had renamed my PPC to Tim_PPC, but I now see
that is no good. So its now called TimPPC. I do have netbios enabled on my
wi-fi PC's connection. I do have WinXP SP2, but I have disabled the firewall
altogether.

I couldn't get this working right after I changed the name. Now its working.
And now a second time. So I thinks its more stable now, but maybe a bit
intermittent. I'll have to see over time.

Is there any utility software I can use just to test if the
//NICHOLSON-T-WXP name is being resolved properly? I hav vxUtils, but it
only recognizes IP's and names with DNS entries.

Sometimes I can get Resco Exporer to browse my network and map a drive and
sometimes not. 

-- 
Tim Nicholson
tim@pdainfosource.com
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"Sooner Al" <SoonerAl@somewhere.net.invalid> wrote in message 
news:1101534428@SoonerAl.somewhere.net.invalid...
> Reply to message from "Tim@PalmZone.net" <tim@palmzone.net> (Thu, 25 Nov 
> 2004 23:39:36)
> about "Wi-Fi ActiveSync Only First Time":
>
> > Does anyone have any ideas as to why I can ActiveSync over Wi-Fi only 
> > once and then it
> > won't find my PC anymore? The first time I try it during the day, it 
> > generally works.
> > Then if I try to sync again, even immediately following the first sync, 
> > it tries to
> > connect but can't.
>
> > This is on a home network, Netgear 802.
> > 11G equipment, with a Thinkpad T40 with built-in Wi-Fi.
>
> > BTW, I never have any other problems with Wi-Fi whatsoever. I can always 
> > connect and
> > get email and surf the net and use MSN without problems. So it must have 
> > something to
> > do with the WINS resolution or something like that.
>
> > Thanks,
>
>
> > -- 
> > Tim Nicholson
> > tim@pdainfosource.com Check out our MobileWeb Site Index at http:// 
> > mobileweb.
> > pdainfosource.com
>
> In addition...is the PC an XP box and running the new SP2 Windows 
> Firewall? I have seen a
> few reports of folks needing to disable the firewall, ActiveSync 
> wirelessly, then reenable
> the firewall and sync wirelessly again.
>
> ------ 
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> === Posted with Qusnetsoft NewsReader 3.0 for the PocketPC

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