Sharing dial-ip internet connection.

sinniss · #1 10-02-2003, 10:12 AM

Hello,
My PPC (e755 has) built in 802.11. I suspect I might be able to share the dial-up connection with my desktop PC. I realize it would be slow - the desktop wouldn't be browsing etc. at the same time.
I am thinking of buying a Dlink 614+. All the info re configuration, or if it's even possible, seems to be geared for a broadband connection. I live in a remote area, where cable does not exist, and I am way too far from the telco for DSL -hence the dial-up only. I know of people in the area who share a dial-up connection on a wired Dlink router, but with another desktop PC. Can I do this, but without the wires, with my Pocket PC? Also, is it worthwhile in anyone's opinion for synching etc.?
It sure would be handy to access the web and avoid buying a compactflash modem.
Thanks for any help, in advance,
Steve

ctitanic · #2 10-02-2003, 11:42 AM

You can share your dial up conection in your PC without any problem in w2000 and XP and have your PPC conected to that PC in Ad-hoc mode. This is a good start and you don't buy anything but a wifi nic card for your PC.

You can find a guide at www.pc-counselor.com/ad-hoc.htm

sinniss · #3 11-09-2003, 08:39 AM

Thanks for the great advice and the link, I appreciate it.
I have set things up as suggested and bought a wireless nic. I had a few challenges with the process described in the link (changes since PPC 2003 was introduced) but figured I got over that.
Now I am able to use IE on the PPC. I really could use some help with the next challenge.
I would think that it should be easy to synch over my wireless ad-hoc network but when I attempt it on the PPC the activesynch window pops up with Guest, instead of the proper device ID, and won't do anything else. Is there something I'm missing? As I said, I'm able to share the dial-up and cradled activesynch works flawlessly.
This stuff just isn't very well documented - at least as far as I can tell.
Toshiba 750/755 - Windows XP