Connecting Palm IIIe/III To The Internet Via Hotsync Base? 12
bio2 asks "For the past year I've been trying to connect my Palm Pilot IIIe to the Internet. I saw in a few programs that use RAS services in NT, and some that let you connect via linux ppp, but none of them work. I want to use the Palm Pilot base to send and receive data from my computer with the hotsync cable or base connection, and use icq, send and receive mails, and browse Internet pages. If I can do this, I can save money and not have to buy Palm modems. Is there a way to do that?"
Try it this way. (Score:2)
On a M$ box... (Score:2)
Very Simple: Use adapters! (Score:1)
1. Place Palm in hotsync cradle, Disconnected from computer
2. Get a Female DB-9 to Male DB-24 adapter (If you can't find one, make one out of anything you can, including other adapters)
3. Get a null modem, Male DB-25 to Female DB-25 or vice versa
4. Connect everything in the sequence that I listed them in
5. Plug that into the back of an external modem. I had a 56k working before
Use it as if it were a palm modem. It is also portable, but not as portable as the palm modem
If you need help, mail me at paul(at)timmins.net and I will help you figure it out. This applies to anyone.
-Paul
Works fine for me... (Score:2)
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~mdw/proj/ninja/pilo
I'm still running a 2.0.* kernel on my internet gateway, so that worked exactly.
If you are using 2.2.*, the ipmasq part should be set up first by going here:
http://mirrors.indyramp.com/ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO
Works great, and only took me about 5 min to set up
Re:Very Simple: Use adapters! (Score:1)
This works with any Palm that can directly Connect to the internet, From Palm Professional on up.
:-)
-Paul
Offline is better (Score:2)
Also I figure that if I'm tethered to my computer by a serial cable, why not just surf with the computer, anyway?
What I do instead is use the pc to sync my email and AvantGo to read on the train or whereever.
I know of Palm V (Score:2)
send flames > /dev/null
Re:On a M$ box... (Score:1)
Try to search Palm + RAS with your favorite search engine, I'm sure you'll find. It works fine with me, and I can see all my network from my Palm, that's nice !
Btw, you can ping natively from the palm if you go in Prefs / Network and select menu Option / Log. Then try to enter help followed by , you'll see command you can type. But you can also try other commands, such as ping.
Re: (Score:1)
Possible to use cradle w/o pc? (Score:2)
Just an idea.
bash: ispell: command not found
It's easy (Score:3)
/usr/sbin/pppd
echo 1 >
Replace "workstation-IP" and "Pilot-IP" with appropriate values. (Make something up for your Pilot.)
Set up your Pilot Network prefs for Unix, with no username and no password, Direct Serial connection. Run the script above, (the trick is turning on IP Forwarding on your Linux box) then run any internet-enabled app on the Pilot and it'll connect and go out over the internet. As usual, YMMV - depending on your network setup, your version of the kernel, phase of the moon, etc. "It Just Works" for me. I've run a couple different browsers, NTP client, email apps, finger, and probably some other stuff.
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What about a netsync ? (Score:1)
and it is widely explain everywhere.
What I can not get to work is to make a "sync" but
over the network to a my linux server.
That means that you need some kind of daemon waiting for your palm to sync. I read that pilotmanager will do the job, but I couldn't make
it work.
Any other suggestion ?
Thank You
OverLord