zickb

OK....everything wireless works except for email. Activesync, internet, but no email connection. Using Pocket PC 2002, Outlook. I've set up the account correctly....several times, performed reboot and still no dice. Any ideas?

ikehiker

Some people with WM03 have found they needed to enter the mail servers as IP numbers. I haven't heard it being necessary with PPC02 but it might be worth a try. You can get the IP's by pinging the domain names.

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zickb

Sorry Ike I'm dense....where in PPC would I set the mail server IPs (pop & smtp)?

ikehiker

Open the email program (aka the Inbox) on your Axim. Under Tools, tap on the name of your email service (I’m assuming you’ve already added the service). Next, Next, Next – this page (E-mail Setup (4/4)) has boxes for the incoming and outgoing mail servers.

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zickb

Thanks Ike, finally connected.

Now if anyone has any ideas on why favorites crashes ActiveSync.......

I tried to copy my IE favorites to my PIE favorites, after that it started crashing. Since then I've deleted all favorites on the PDA and under mobile favorites on IE.....it still crashes. So I just don't sync favorites anymore.

Everything else works just fine (wireless syncing, email, internet).

jbeasley053

Great Resource!
Thanks for the info!

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What else can I do with my Axim?

AXIM User 46

IIke - Great thread! Need your help. I just bought a Ambicom WL1100x-CF and had a "no connection" message. I set all the connections to "work" and it started working as long as I am connected through my laptop on Activesync. However, when I remove my X5 from the cradle, it cannot find any websites. Can
you explain what the connection settings be to make it work in both configurations? I have a Linksys WP54G 802.11g AP.

ikehiker

Is the Ambicom card associating with your router and obtaining a valid IP number (probably something like 192.168.1.xxx)? You can use PocketDHCP or vxUtil to check on this.

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AXIM User 46

Where would I find PocketDHCP or vXUtility? ALso, Is CE 2.0 the same as PPC2002? How about CE 3.1? Ambicom setup asks for a CE release vs a PPC 2002 or 2003

ikehiker

PocketDHCP
vxUtil
Win CE2.0 is PPC2000, not 2002
PPC2002 is based on CE3.1 and
WM03 is CE4.2

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Mike G.

what a great tutorial. Thanks.

Mike

mfphoto1

Hi.. I have a linksys wireless access point router..and a netgear wireless cf card for my ax...started out with a dell true mobile...back in june...and I have never been able to get online with my ax...followed the guide when i 2002 and again now that I have wm 2003...still no go...downloaded ceipconfig..can't figure what it out either..but it says that my primary dns suffix (what exactly is that) is : gt01.aol.com...I remember someone saying that aol may be stopping me from connecting to the web ...Is this true...and if it is how do i fix it ?...i get a great signal between the router and card...but always get the message "page not found"..can someone please help..

Thanks
Monica

ikehiker

DNS is the "domain name server." Humans are generally more at ease with words while computers handle numbers better. Thus, we can understand google.com but the web wants to see it as 216.239.39.99. The domain name server is a computer set up by your internet service provider to translate your words into the computer's numbers.

You can tell if this is your problem by opening Pocket IE and typing http://216.239.39.99/ into the address box. If it connects to google but http://google.com/ does not, then your DNS may very well be the problem.

It's been my experience that your network configuration on the PPC (as well as the PC and any computer) needs the DNS in number format, so that may be one issue. Also, when I tried to ping gt01.aol.com, I got a 'could not find host' response which means that particular domain name isn't recognized by my DNS (if it had been, I would have told you to enter the IP number as the DNS rather than that name).

I'm not sure if AOL has some issue with PPCs - it's been a long time since I did anything with AOL. I know for IM people need to download a pocket version of AIM which was $20 in the US but free in the UK. There was a link from the downloads page here at AximSite to get it from the British site. Whether that will fix your problem, I have no idea.

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mfphoto1

Yes..I tried the AOL for ppc and it would not recognize my wi-fi card...Handango had no support and aol had no support...and it doesn't work with wm2003...handango refunded my money....Is there a tutorial or help somewhere that explains what all the info in ceipconfig and vxutil mean ?

ikehiker