[T-Will]

Does the WINS address still need to be on the Pocket PC even though I am able to connect, but not as "PocketPC"?

[T-Will]

Does the WINS address still need to be on the Pocket PC even though I am able to connect, but not as "PocketPC"?

[jdhill]

You wouldn't happen to be using an iPaq would you?

[Pony99CA]

Originally Posted by jdhill

You wouldn't happen to be using an iPaq would you?

If you're referring to me, yes. I have an iPAQ 3870. Why?

Steve

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by jdhill

For ActiveSync to work wirelessly, you need to make sure on your TCP/IP configuration on the PDA that you have set the WINS address to the IP address of the desktop with which you want to sync.

Why? The WINS address points to a WINS server, which is only part of WinNT/2k/.NET server, and doesn't come with any workstation OS.

--bdj

[Leon]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyJ

Why? The WINS address points to a WINS server, which is only part of WinNT/2k/.NET server, and doesn't come with any workstation OS.

I'm not sure about why, but jdhill is right. See Chris DeHerrera's FAQ at http://www.cewindows.net/wce/wirelesslan.htm:

If you do not have a WINS server, you can enter the IP address of your desktop PC as the WINS server. This setting will allow you to synchronize using 802.11.

It worked for me - after I added the IP address of my desktop PC I was able to Active Sync wirelessly. The desktop PC is running Windows 2000 Professional, so not a server OS.

[jdhill]

Originally Posted by Pony99CA

If you're referring to me, yes. I have an iPAQ 3870. Why?

Steve

I remember seeing a known problem recently with ActiveSync on iPaqs connecting as Guest. I think that there may be a fix for this problem from Compaq. I recommend that you do a search on their support knowledge base. I don't have an iPaq, so I don't recall the details.

[jdhill]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyJ

Why? The WINS address points to a WINS server, which is only part of WinNT/2k/.NET server, and doesn't come with any workstation OS.

--bdj

If you are on a business network that has a WINS server, you should use that WINS server's address (or allow DHCP to give you that WINS server's address).

If you are on a home network, then a Windows workstation can resolve its own name to an IP address as if it were a WINS server.

[Janak Parekh]

Originally Posted by jdhill

If you are on a business network that has a WINS server, you should use that WINS server's address (or allow DHCP to give you that WINS server's address).

Absolutely, and this is what I do with my DHCP subnets. Actually, I'll just use DNS so the host's name resolves without WINS if possible.

If you are on a home network, then a Windows workstation can resolve its own name to an IP address as if it were a WINS server.

Interesting--and weird. Windows workstations usually use NetBIOS-over-IP name resolution, i.e., broadcast. I didn't know (or, more likely, a Microsoft "hack") it could answer WINS-ish requests...

Anyway, thanks for the info.

--bdj

[T-Will]

Has anyone had a problem where USB works perfect but it will only connect as "Guest" over wireless??? (I'm using a Toshiba E570 with a Socket WLAN card).

[Johny]

I just got in my new Dell Axim, new wireless Linksys router, and Linksys Wireless CF card. I set everything up and can access the internet, but can not sync wirelessly. My settings are as follows: The router automatically obtains IP addresses. The DHCP is enabled but has 0's in theDNS and WINS settings. I have the Pocket PC set up to automatically obtain IPs and DNS and WINS. "When I click on my network card connects to work", I then can not connect to the internet but I also can not connect to the server. Can anybody PLEASE tell my what is going wrong. I waited three weeks to get the Axim in, and felt like throwing it at the wall the very first day!! Oh such aggravation!! Thanks for your help!!