[ctmagnus]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyJ

As per the RFC 1918 standard ("Address Allocation for Private Intranets"), there are three private blocks, not one:

10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix)
172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix)
192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)

What about 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 (169.254/16)?

[ctmagnus]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyJ

As per the RFC 1918 standard ("Address Allocation for Private Intranets"), there are three private blocks, not one:

10.0.0.0-10.255.255.255 (10/8 prefix)
172.16.0.0-172.31.255.255 (172.16/12 prefix)
192.168.0.0-192.168.255.255 (192.168/16 prefix)

What about 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 (169.254/16)?

[rfischer]

My T-Mobile PPC will connect via GPRS, I'll see the ActiveSync on my XP Desktop attempt to connect and then it will give me an error message: "Critical Communications Services have failed to start." This is driving me crazy. I have a linux firewall and I have successfully redirected ports in the past for mail, etc so I don't think that's the problem. I have tried every combination of ports 900, 998, 999, 5678 & 5679 based on the different docs I've seen on the web getting nowhere.

Any Ideas? Thanks!

[ctmagnus]

Originally Posted by rfischer

I have tried every combination of ports 900, 998, 999, 5678 & 5679 based on the different docs I've seen on the web getting nowhere.

Any Ideas? Thanks!

First thing to try: disable any firewall in use.

If it works from there, the firewall is the culprit and should be reconfigured appropriately.

[JCA]

I have been trying for months to get a PPC with 2002 on it to dial into (using RAS) an XP or 2k machine. The IPAQ 3700 or 3800 will dial into a Win98 machine, and an IPAQ 3600 will dial into the XP/2k machine, but when you combine 2002 and XP/2k it only connects as a guest. Microsoft pointed me to Compaq and Compaq pointed me to Microsoft.

I guess nobody's doing medium to large scale sales force proliferation with dial-in and PPC2002...doesn't seem possible, but must be true. Any ideas? I have all recent patches to ActiveSync, Xp/2k,PPC2002.

Thanks. John

[ctmagnus]

Originally Posted by JCA

I have been trying for months to get a PPC with 2002 on it to dial into (using RAS) an XP or 2k machine. The IPAQ 3700 or 3800 will dial into a Win98 machine, and an IPAQ 3600 will dial into the XP/2k machine, but when you combine 2002 and XP/2k it only connects as a guest.

The 3600 has PPC2k2 also? If so, my theory is blown all to h377.

You would need an account setup on the XP/2k machine for the iPaq to connect with. It's possible that PPC2k (not 2k2) is setup such that the XP/2k end recognizes it and lets it in but beyond that I have no idea.

[JCA]

No, the 3600 series doesn't have PPC2002. The 3600 authenticates perfectly but the 3700 and 3800 don't...they just connect as GUEST. If you think of anything...

[ctmagnus]

I'm thinking that it's something with the OS on the iPaqs. PPC2000 works in this case but PPC2002 doesn't. Something obviously "broke" in PPC2002 such that the OS can no longer connect to a NT machine/workgroup/domain, as your case may be.

[KLappDOgg]

I have a laptop running windows XP behind a Netgear router. I have a static IP address on my router. I can access my laptop from FTP and RemoteDesktop. I cannot get my vpn to work on my laptop. I have been trying to get my PDA to sync through my internet connection at work, with my laptop at my house. I tried the steps above and reached the point where my laptop recongnized my PDA trying to connect and active sync turns green and starts to spin. Next thing that happens is I get an error that says "Critical communications services have failed to start. To correct
this error, try resetting the device..." and thats as far as I get. Can anyone Help me!!??

[HoTWiReZ]

Originally Posted by JJ

I use the free dynamic IP DNS service such as DynDns.org and to make sure Pocket Hosts association is correct I guess you could always ping your DNS name before using it to make sure it matches what's stored in Pocket Hosts.

-----How do you use the Dynamic DNS service with pocket hosts? Is there a way to change the host name that you need to connect to in your Axim? A registry setting for Activesync perhaps? I have set my hostname and that is what my axim tries to connect to, but I also placed my higher level domain in the settings so that my full hostname matches what is on the internet with my dynamic dns service (so that the axim will be able to use the full hostname all of the time), but I have no way of changing the hostname in the axim. It only takes the first part of it, before the dynamic dns part..

[jemichael]

I am having the same problem. I sync through my tmoble grps and it gives the bleep noise of activesync. I hear it on my desktop and it starts to connect. it sits there and then the desktop gives me the error:

Critical communications services have failed to start. To correct
this error, try resetting the device..."

how does this get fixed?