djlong

Ok, here's the situation.

I'm developing a simple VB.NET (2003) application for my X5. More a demo than anything else. It's set up to call SQL CE to handle it's data.

The data is supposed to be synched with SQL Server 2000 running on my laptop (running XP Pro). I've designed the database tables and populated some of them and want that data entry replicated down to the Axim.

So I'm going through Rob Tiffany's book on SQL Server CE Database Programming in .NET - specifically the section on setting up the Virtual Directories in IIS so that the CE agent is in there. (I've got everything installed just fine).

Here's the problem. After setting up the directory, there's a little test to make sure connectivity is working - going into PIE, typing http://server/VirtualDirectory/sscesa20.dll just to see if you get the "Agent" message or challenged for authentication.

Well, I got nothing. I get "Cannot connect" message no matter WHAT I put in the address bar - even www.yahoo.com

Now, mind you, AvantGo and everything else from ActiveSync is running perfectly - but it simply appears that the Axim can't "see" the network or even the laptop.

Just to make matters more frustrating, when I enter the http:// string into a browser on the laptop, specifying the laptop's server name explicitly, I get *exactly* what I'm expecting.

Unfortunately the books don't mention what to do or where to look when things go wrong.

Help! Why can't my Axim see my laptop and the 'net even thoguh THEY can see the Axim?

Thanks in advance.