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Ed Hansberry
10-22-2003, 09:00 PM
<a href="http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/handhelds/us/download/19527.html">http://h18007.www1.hp.com/support/files/handhelds/us/download/19527.html</a><br /><br />Hola! If you have Windows Mobile 2003 iPAQ (193x/194x/221x/515x/555x) model or one of the older Pocket PC 2002 devices that you've upgraded to 2003 with the Spanish ROM, you may have noticed there is a bug in the DNS settings that only allow two digits. HP has released a patch of sorts for those devices.<br /><br />"This SoftPaq contains the Spanish DNS Editor application that allows the DNS field to be edited manually on all iPAQ Pocket PC models with Pocket PC 2003."<br /><br />I honestly don't know if this is somehow an HP ROM/firmware issue or if all Spanish Pocket PC 2003 devices exhibit this behavior. This sounds like a small utility. The download is only 1.3MB and that includes the installer. It requires a soft reset.
Prevost
10-22-2003, 09:19 PM
What is DNS?

Interested since PPC's sold here (Panama) come with the OS in Spanish.
Ed Hansberry
10-22-2003, 10:30 PM
What is DNS?

Interested since PPC's sold here (Panama) come with the OS in Spanish.
Domain Name Server. Most systems now dynamically assign your DNS for you but some GPRS companies in Europe still require you to key those in. T-Mobile US is dynamic. Sprint is dynamic for regular modem dialup. Almost all phone/DSL/cable ISPs are dynamic.
suhit
10-22-2003, 10:38 PM
What is DNS?

DNS is Domain Name Service. It is a service that translates host names like www.pocketpcthoughts.com into a dotted numerical IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, like 207.218.248.21.

Just Google for "what is DNS" and you get a gazillion links :).

Suhit
Ed Hansberry
10-22-2003, 11:30 PM
What is DNS?

DNS is Domain Name Service. It is a service that translates host names like www.pocketpcthoughts.com into a dotted numerical IP (Internet Protocol) addresses, like 207.218.248.21.

Just Google for "what is DNS" and you get a gazillion links :).

Suhit
Right, but to clarify there wasn't a problem with DNS working on the OS, it was a matter of being able to manually enter specific DNS servers, something that is not nearly as common as it was 10 years ago..