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Re: palm<->pc ppp over cradle?



On sob, 2002-06-15 at 22:26, Daniel Dent wrote:
> > I was wondering if there was a way to connect a palm m105 and a pc
> > running linux via serial using the cradle?
> > That would be verry handy to sync the IMAP mail with the client on the
> > palm.
> Yes, it is very much doable.  Essentially, you run a ppp
> daemon on your computer.
> 
> /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/pilot 115200 \
> externalip:ipyourpalmwillget persist local noauth silent \
> nodetach ms-dns yourdnsserver
> 
> You will, in most cases, want to use an internal IP for your
> palm and also configure your computer to IP masquerade.

Is that all? What do I have to set up on the palm? Do I need to add some
auth or will this work without pap/chap ?

Thank you in advance!

Bostjan
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