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Cxx0 General discussions / Best Place To Purchase C860?

« on: January 18, 2005, 09:27:17 am »

I ordered an 860 from Brett at conics.net just a month or 2 ago, and it went very smoothly.  He wasn't rapid in replying to emails, but from this forum he has a very good reputation, as I recall.  I thought he was a good balance between fair price and fair service.  He wasn't the cheapest, but I knew who I was going to be dealing with.  He also was much cheaper than dynamism.  I would recommend him to anybody.
Matt

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Cxx0 General discussions / Finding Original Files

« on: January 17, 2005, 01:58:25 pm »

I have an 860.  I purchased it from conics.net just a month ago, in December of 2004.
The first thing I did was install Bluetooth support for my Socket Rev G card, which worked beautifully. (thanks tumnus)
Then I tried to get a CF cell phone modem cable adaper working. (Socket DPC for kyocera 2325).  I downloaded and installed a .tar.gz from iral.com which had a cs_serial.o file.

Now I think maybe that was the wrong thing to do.  I don't know if this model had a cs_serial file to begin with or not.  I looked at my sharp 6000, but it also had the Socket Rev G card, so I can't say for sure that it is stock.

Additionally, I suspect the cs_serial driver may be compiled straight into the kernel.  If I reboot the device and put in the card, I get a message in syslog saying that if found /dev/ttyS03 a 16c950/954.  When I do an lsmod, it doesn't show cs_serial.  It does create a symlink from /dev/modem to /dev/ttyS03.

Can anybody help verify if the cs_serial is built in or not?  And if it isn't can anybody verify if a 6000 or an 860 has a serial_cs as shipped?

Thanks,
Matt

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Sharp ROMs / Cacko Rom 1.22 Is Available!

« on: January 12, 2005, 03:15:37 pm »

I am considering switching to Cacko, but I have a few questions.

First, I have a Stock 860.  In the network settings, it has a vpn tab which I need.  Also the connect applet includes a VPN Connect button which I need.  Are both of those in the Cacko Rom?  If not, can I just copy them back onto it after flashing?

Second, if I try Cacko and need to switch back, can I just reflash back to where I was before?

Third, in your release notes, you mentioned a fix for "device busy on CF modems".  I downloaded your kernel patches, but I didn't see any mention of that in there.  Are there any other patches you made that fixed that?  I would like to apply it to my existing Sharp ROM.

Thank you,
Matt

 

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Cxx0 General discussions / 860 Owners - Need Specific Info - Want To Buy

« on: December 09, 2004, 03:29:10 pm »

I want to point out that the link above says c700, but I am under the understanding it is for the c860.  I don't know what is on the c700.

While on the topic of what is on other cxxx devices:



Does Anyone have info about the c750?

bargainpda says it has the vpn client.

http://www.bargainpda.com/default.asp?news...owComments=true

Scroll down towards the bottom.  There is a screenshot showing the vpn tab in the network config utility.  The review says IPSEC is supported, but the author didn't try it out.

Does anyone have a c750 with the stock Sharp ROM?  I would like to get more info on this.
Thanks,
Matt

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Cxx0 General discussions / 860 Owners - Need Specific Info - Want To Buy

« on: December 06, 2004, 10:03:25 pm »

I was able to get a reply from Brett @ conics.net.
Here is a link to what he says he found on Sharp's Japanese site:

http://conics.net/shp/pda/zaurus-sl-c700/vpn/

Basically, yes it supports all the things I asked about.

Matt

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Cxx0 General discussions / 860 Owners - Need Specific Info - Want To Buy

« on: December 03, 2004, 04:00:58 pm »

Anyone who still has, or has access to, the stock ROM can help.  I would like to know a few things.

Even if you can't answer the questions, could you post a screenshot of the vpn client utility?


1, does the 860 come with a vpn client?
2, if so, does it include settings for IPSEC?
3, if so, does it support auto-key IKE?
4, if so, does it support aggressive mode IKE?
5, if so, does it support 3des?

I am trying to get these for about 15-30 remote technicians who do invoicing from the field.

Thanks,
Matt

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Security and Networking / Zaurus and VPN

« on: December 01, 2004, 11:36:01 am »

What vpns have you tested?
Is IPSEC one of the options?
IPSEC is becoming pretty popular, and there are now many home routers that use it, and my corporate router (a netscreen 50) uses it, and our business partners router (a 3com) uses standard IPSEC as well.
I would be happy to help you test it.
Could you post or email me some screendumps of the settings utility?
Thanks,
Matt

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Security and Networking / Zaurus and VPN

« on: December 01, 2004, 10:43:05 am »

cowcow,
Will you please tell me about the 860 vpn client?  I would like to buy the 860, but I can't find any info anywhere regarding it's vpn client.

I need to be sure it's there, and then I would buy a unit to test it out.

I specifically will be running IPSEC with agressive mode IKE and preshared IKE keys.

Thanks,
Matt

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Security and Networking / 860 VPN Client ipk?

« on: December 01, 2004, 10:40:33 am »

I could certainly use an IPSEC VPN client for any zaurus.

I bought a 6000, and it doesn't have IPSEC in it, and it looks like getting it to work could be rough.  I read that the 860 has an IPSEC client.

Obscurite, can you confirm or deny the 860 vpn client exists?  What are the options in it?

I read that the 760 and 860 are the same thing except for USB Hard Drive.  Does that mean that the 860 vpn client would run on a 760?
I will be buying 10 or 15 of these to supply to remote technicians to provide batched daily invoicing, but I already made the decision to not allow any remote access unless it came in over IPSEC (which while it seems secure, certainly isn't a commonplace practice, and can be extremely limiting).

I would buy any model that can be confirmed that I a vpn client can be added to it.

Thanks,
Matt

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Cxx0 General discussions / Buy or not buy?!

« on: November 30, 2004, 03:52:01 pm »

Would you describe the IPSEC settings that are on it?
Thanks,
Matt