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Posted by mada on March 1, 2006, 3:52 am
Please log in for more thread options Right, it makes sense now :)
Thanks
mada
> Hi,
> The difference is how the Pocket PC accesses hosts. Work hosts do not have
> periods in the name while the internet hosts do.
>
>
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> Chris De Herrera
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> ActiveSync 4.x Troubleshooting Guide -
> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/activesync/tshoot-as4x.htm
>
>> Hello
>>
>>> The network is referring to the network connections built into the
>>> device - not ActiveSync.
>>
>> I understand this, however I was wondering what is the (exact) difference
>> between "Work" and "The Internet". From some experimentation, I've been
>> able to find out that when the network is set to connect to "The
>> Internet" it is able to resolve addresses that do not only belong to the
>> 169.254.x.x range but, still, I may be wrong on this. In any case, I am
>> really curious as to what exactly is the difference between these two
>> settings.
>>
>>> You can set ActiveSync to allow the Pocket PC to connect to the internet
>>> by clicking on File - Connection Settings and make sure that This
>>> Computer Connects To has The Internet selected.
>>
>> Again, I can understand this, from a functional point of view, however I
>> would like to be able to understand from a technical point of view, too.
>> I am a computer professional for about 15 years and, still, I find it
>> hard to understand settings as ambiguous as "Work" and "The Internet" :)
>>
>> Thank you for yout reply, Chris
>>
>> mada
>>
>>> --
>>> Chris De Herrera
>>> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com
>>> http://www.tabletpctalk.com
>>> http://www.pocketpctalk.com
>>> http://www.mobilitytalk.com
>>>
>>> ActiveSync 4.x Troubleshooting Guide -
>>> http://www.pocketpcfaq.com/faqs/activesync/tshoot-as4x.htm
>>>
>>>> Hi all, a question on ActiveSync 4.0 passthru over a usb connection
>>>> which, as far as I understand, uses the RNDIS protocol, between a WinXP
>>>> machine and a WM5.0 device.
>>>>
>>>> On the mobile device, the RNDIS Host settings are (manually specified):
>>>> IP address: 169.254.2.1
>>>> Subnet mask: 255.255.0.0
>>>> Default gateway: 169.254.2.2
>>>> There is also a (mysterious) setting announcing that "My network card
>>>> connects to: The Internet" (someone please oh please explain to me what
>>>> these mean).
>>>>
>>>> On the WinXP machine, there are two network connections:
>>>>
>>>> 1) "Local Area Network"
>>>> Settings (manually specified settings for my home lan):
>>>> - IP address: 10.0.0.4
>>>> - Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
>>>> - Default gateway: 10.0.0.111 (my DSL router on my home lan)
>>>>
>>>> 2) "Local Area Network 5"
>>>> Settings (this is the DHCP-enabled ActiveSync connection over the RNDIS
>>>> protocol):
>>>> - IP address: 169.254.2.2
>>>> - Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
>>>> - Default gateway: not set
>>>>
>>>> With these settings, of which I had to manually set nothing related to
>>>> the ActiveSync stuff neither on the Win XP machine nor on the WM5.0
>>>> device, I can connect to the Internet through Internet Explorer on the
>>>> WM5.0 device. I understand that this is achieved thanks to ActiveSync
>>>> passthru, which uses the "Local Area Network" interface which can "see"
>>>> the DSL router to route packets to and from the "Local Area Network 5"
>>>> interface, which can "see" the WM5.0 device.
>>>>
>>>> My question is simple: On what basis does ActiveSync choose which
>>>> interface to use for RNDIS passthru? There are other interfaces on the
>>>> Win XP machine, such as a dialup interface that is TCP-IP enabled, also
>>>> I could have more than one network card installed, so why does
>>>> ActiveSync choose the interface it does?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks to all for any time you spend reading my post
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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