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Seiford · 05-15-03, 10:55 AM

I have done a little more digging and I think I know more about the problem.

My home network uses a Windows 2000 server for DNS and DHCP. Name resolution works fine from other computers on the network (I can ping my laptop by machine name from other computers).

I have no problem syncing via USB. In fact, that appears to be the cause of the problem!

From what I have been able to determine, when I sync via USB, the Axim remembers the IP addresses of all three network cards in my laptop. When I try to sync using WiFi, instead of using DNS to resolve the host name to an IP address, it is using the first IP address in the list it remembered from the last USB sync.

I am going to uninstall the two other network adapters in my laptop (they are virtual adapters installed by VMware) and sync via USB to see if the Axim has only the real network adapter's IP address in the list.

If this is really the cause, they ActiveSync over Wifi is going to be a problem as I move around to different networks. Each time the IP address on my laptop changes, I'd need to sync via USB to download the new IP address to the Axim. One of the reasons I want to sync via Wifi is so that I don't need a USB cable when traveling.

05-15-03, 10:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
Seiford Aximsite Prospect Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Name resolution I have done a little more digging and I think I know more about the problem. My home network uses a Windows 2000 server for DNS and DHCP. Name resolution works fine from other computers on the network (I can ping my laptop by machine name from other computers). I have no problem syncing via USB. In fact, that appears to be the cause of the problem! From what I have been able to determine, when I sync via USB, the Axim remembers the IP addresses of all three network cards in my laptop. When I try to sync using WiFi, instead of using DNS to resolve the host name to an IP address, it is using the first IP address in the list it remembered from the last USB sync. I am going to uninstall the two other network adapters in my laptop (they are virtual adapters installed by VMware) and sync via USB to see if the Axim has only the real network adapter's IP address in the list. If this is really the cause, they ActiveSync over Wifi is going to be a problem as I move around to different networks. Each time the IP address on my laptop changes, I'd need to sync via USB to download the new IP address to the Axim. One of the reasons I want to sync via Wifi is so that I don't need a USB cable when traveling.