Connecting your PalmOS® handheld device to the Internet via PPP

David A. Desrosiers

          
        

Revision History
Revision 0.012002-01-20Revised by: dd
Last updated version using static HTML
Revision 0.022003-01-27Revised by: dd
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Copyright
2. Configuring the Palm handheld
2.1. Palm Device Support
3. Connecting with Linux
3.1. Configuring the Linux kernel
3.2. Verifying the Configuration
3.3. Setting up the PPP Daemon
3.4. Establishing a Connection
4. Connecting with Windows
4.1. Windows 98/98SE Configuration
4.2. Windows NT 4.0 Configuration
4.3. Windows 2000 Configuration
4.4. Windows XP Configuration
4.5. Verifying the Configuration
5. Testing Palm Network Applications
A. GNU Free Documentation License
0. Preamble
1. Applicability and Definitions
2. Verbatim Copying
3. Copying in Quantity
4. Modifications
5. Combining Documents
6. Collections of Documents
7. Aggregation with Independent Works
8. Translation
9. Termination
10. Future Revisions of this License
How to use this License for your documents
List of Figures
2-1. Changing the Network Preferences
2-2. Selecting a Service Template
2-3. Selecting the Unix Service Template
2-4. Modifying the Login Script
2-5. Adding DNS Servers
2-6. Shortcutting the Login Script
2-7. Modifying the HotSync Preferences
2-8. Modifying the Connection Method
2-9. Modifying the Serial speed
2-10. Selecting IrDA instead of Serial
3-1. Selecting PPP Kernel Options
3-2. Debugging with statserial
3-3. Enabling Beam Receive
3-4. "Waiting for Sender" Dialog
3-5. Selecting IrDA HotSync
3-6. IrDA HotSync Setup
3-7. Running irdadump
3-8. Running irdadump with HotSync
3-9. Connecting over PPP
3-10. Signing on via PPP
3-11. Connection Error via PPP
4-1. Adding a "null" modem in Windows2000
4-2. Do not detect the modem
4-3. Selecting the "null" connection type
4-4. Adding the modem to the proper port
4-5. Completed installation of "null" modem
4-6. Adding a Palm Connection Type
4-7. Selecting the "null" modem device
4-8. Disallowing VPN connections
4-9. Selecting allowed user accounts