IP address of the connected computer

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Lloyd Dupont

I have a PPC CF program which don't use ActiveSync but, instead connect
(preferably wirelessly :) to any computer it could reach via the IP address.

Now I get one problem, let's someone haveing a laptop, and a PPC with my
program and this person is outside any network and is network is disabled, I
have no IP and I can't access my laptop from my PPC !!!

which IP should I use to connect the PC ?
I try to connect to 127.0.0.1 but it failed ....
Any ideas ?
 
Lloyd Dupont ha scritto:
which IP should I use to connect the PC ?
I try to connect to 127.0.0.1 but it failed ....
Any ideas ?
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127.0.0.1 is "itsself" so you won't go too far with it ;)

You need to assign to you PPC a free IP in the LAN you want to connect to.

You can see the laptop IP settings.

Generally IP for LAN are

IP: 192.168.x.y
SM: 255.255.255.0

you need to set the same IP with an "y" not used by someone else and the
same subnet mask.

To see if an IP is free you can go to the laptop and from a DOS shell do a
ping 192.168.x.z
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if response fails it is free.

See you
 
A network is made by connecting computers together

If your laptop is outside a LAN it traditionnally uses, you can still create a network beetween the laptop and the PPC
You need a least a connectivity interface (WIFI CARD on the two devices, or bluetooth, without this they wont be able to talk each other ...), then you need to configure the network on the two devices (giving them the right IP adresses, and subnetmask)

I dont really understand what is the problem here
 
Hi,
Now I get one problem, let's someone haveing a laptop, and a PPC with my
program and this person is outside any network and is network is disabled, I
have no IP and I can't access my laptop from my PPC !!!

which IP should I use to connect the PC ?
I try to connect to 127.0.0.1 but it failed ....
Any ideas ?
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The only way to sync in this environment is using the cradle, in the cradle
you can connect to the host computer using 192.168.55.100


Cheers,
 
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