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Everything Else => Sharp Zaurus => Model Specific Forums => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => Cxx0 General discussions => Topic started by: bb on February 06, 2004, 08:29:54 am
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I tried this topic in the \"Everything Zaurus-]Windows Issues\" forum, but the thread died there, so I try here now:
I have recently recieved a SL-C860, and have got most of the things I expected to use it for, working, except for one issue: syncing over my LAN with MS Outlook. I have been advised to look here:
http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php...eless%20Syncing (http://www.zaurususergroup.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index&pagename=Wireless%20Syncing)
and I have also googled for postings on the subject. I get many results, but either they point to posting in forums which don\'t exist anymore (I\'m often redirected to sharpusa.com) or the threads die with the original poster\'s problem not being solved.
Can it *really* be true that nobody has got syncing over LAN with MS Outlook working?
For what it\'s worth, here is what I\'ve been trying so far:
I have a working connection to/from the Zaurus through a WiFi CF card. The Zaurus has address 192.168.1.107 with netmask 255.255.255.0. I have a WiFi Access Point on my LAN that all wireless devices use.
I have changed the line in /usr/lib/samba/smb.conf that says:
interfaces usbd0
to this:
interfaces eth0
and I run the samba service though inetd, not as a standalone server.
Before making any changes, I tried connecting through the USB cable and I was able to sync fine that way between MS Outlook and Intellisync installed from the file 5500v31u.zip from http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp (http://www.myzaurus.com/ROMupdate5.asp)
In Zaurus Manager, I set up the connection as \"USB - TCP/IP (advanced)\", the hostname as \"zaurus\" and the host IP as 192.168.1.107
Now, when I click the \"Synchronize\" icon on the MS Windows system, I get a dialog box on the Windows desktop saying \"Preparing to process records...\" as when I synchronized through the USB cable, and the Zaurus shows the \"Communicating...\" screen. Shortly after the communication dies with a dialog box on the MS Windows system, saying that an error ocurred while trying to connect to the Zaurus.
Since I don\'t know where to start looking for errors in my setup I would appreciate a hint about where to go from here.
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Your pc is comunicating with your zaurus, but not the other way round.
Notice how you cannot supply the pc\'s ip address on the zaurus anywhere.
I had the same problem when I first tried this last Year with my 5500.
I believe the zaurus used the first 3 parts of it\'s own ip and replaces the last bit with 1. So set your pc to 192.168.1.1 and it should work.
I think the other rule is that if the zaurus is .1 then connect to .2.
My access point was set to .1 on my subnet, so I changed it to .254, changed my pc to .1 and bingo it worked.
Plug your usb cable in and do an ipconfig from a dos prompt and see what ip your pc assumes, I bet it is *.*.*.1
AFAIKR the file transfer app worked fine with my pc as .100, but the sync did what you describe here, seemed to comunicate then promptly died with an error.
Peter.
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So set your pc to 192.168.1.1 and it should work.
No can do. My ADSL router/gateway is 192.168.1.1 and I´m unable to make a console connection to it. It is password protected (it´s property of my ISP).
I think the other rule is that if the zaurus is .1 then connect to .2.
That´s right - there is such a rule (increment the last octet of the IP address by 1). I have tried different settings with that in mind with no luck.