Sync problem in WinXP

[albertyong88]

Hi,

I was wondering if anyone could help. I searched through this foruem, and got half the answers I wanted.

-I have a switch/router box 192.168.0.1
-I have several computers behind it, some uses DHCP from router,and others are fixed (as they provide some services)
-My zaurus is physically connected to a WinXP machine (192.168.0.4) in bridge mode.
Zaurus IP address is set to 192.168.0.5
-I manually added a default gw to the zaurus,
route add -net default gw 192.168.0.1 netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1 usbd0
-On the zaurus, I am able to ping external sites like google.com ... etc, and I am able to browse internet using opera when usb connected.

Here are my questions:

1. I cannot sync the zaurus to my WinXP anymore., can anyone tell me what is wrong ?

2. How do I ping internal MS workgroup computers by name ?

Many thanks.

Best
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Albert

[lardman]

1. I cannot sync the zaurus to my WinXP anymore., can anyone tell me what is wrong ?

You say you've bridged the connection, if this is what I think it is, then the computer on which you created the bridge will no longer be connected (try pinging it). This is why syncing doesn't work anymore.

2. How do I ping internal MS workgroup computers by name ?

Not sure, but you probably want to look into samba if you're thinking of using WINS, otherwise you'll need a DNS somewhere, or to set the names on your Z (can't remember which file, but somewhere in /etc.)


Si

[doseas]

or to set the names on your Z (can't remember which file, but somewhere in /etc.)

/etc/hosts.  Format is: ipaddr whitespace (spaces or tabs) name

[albertyong88]

lardman,

1. I can ping everything on the network, just cannot sync with outlook.
When I start sync from the desktop, Ican see the Zaurus tries to sync, but then there are several identical pop-ups that says "Communication error" ...

So, something is wrong.  But I cannot find a solution on the forum.

As for WINS, I really don't want to add those DHCP assgined address to the hosts file, as they can change.

I hope someone can help me out on this.

Thanks.

Al

[lardman]

1. I can ping everything on the network, just cannot sync with outlook.

Yes, but can you ping the computer with which you're trying to sync (which you've bridged - or do you mean something else by 'bridge mode')?

If the above doesn't apply to you, then make sure you've told the sync software what the Z's IP address is.


Si

[albertyong88]

yes, i can ping the computer I want to sync with, sync starts, but it always complain about communication error with pop ups.

[albertyong88]

I figured out what was wrong. I need to enable DHCPS in /etc/hotplug/usbdnet.conf

IP=192.168.0.5
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
DHCPS=yes
#DHCPS=no
DHCPC=no
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

I hope that helps ... if someone needed this info. Imay put that in a wiki.

[doseas]

As for WINS, I really don't want to add those DHCP assgined address to the hosts file, as they can change.

I don't know about using WINS, but if you have a DNS name server on your network, you can configure /home/etc/resolv.conf on the Zaurus:
nameserver _ip_addr_of_your_nameserver_
search _my_domain_

This will allow the Zaurus to use your name server to resolve hostnames to IP addresses.

[albertyong88]

I seemed to have got it to work, I have 2 situations:

1. At work: PC have internet access through proxy, but cannot directly connect to outside world. So, C860 connected to my PC has a different subnet. Ii can get it to use a proxy relay to browse the internet, and transfer files to and from PC, but it has no ability to see other computers on my work network without having my IT manager set up a routing table specific for my subnet.

2. At home: PC have direct access to internet via router. C860 connected to PC with NIC bridged mode, so is able to access all home network resources.