Connecting Palm IIIe/III To The Internet Via Hotsync Base?

bio2 asks "For the past year I've been trying to connect my Palm Pilot IIIe to the Internet. I saw in a few programs that use RAS services in NT, and some that let you connect via linux ppp, but none of them work. I want to use the Palm Pilot base to send and receive data from my computer with the hotsync cable or base connection, and use icq, send and receive mails, and browse Internet pages. If I can do this, I can save money and not have to buy Palm modems. Is there a way to do that?"

Comments

Try it this way.

[Loki]

Setup a normal isp connection on the pilot, with no user/pass and 00 as the phone number. Tap connect, and run /usr/sbin/pppd /dev/pilot 19200 local 192.168.23.1:192.168.23.2 on the unix end.

On a M$ box...

[grahs]

Try Mochasoft PPP - http://www.mochasoft.dk

Works fine for me...

[spinkham]

I set it up just like on this page:
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~mdw/proj/ninja/pilot /pilot-ppp.html
I'm still running a 2.0.* kernel on my internet gateway, so that worked exactly.
If you are using 2.2.*, the ipmasq part should be set up first by going here:
http://mirrors.indyramp.com/ipmasq/ipmasq-HOWTO- 1.80.html
Works great, and only took me about 5 min to set up ;-)

Offline is better

[Mignon]

I've had the same idea to have my Palm III on the net via PPP, but the problem is that the serial port uses lots of power.

Also I figure that if I'm tethered to my computer by a serial cable, why not just surf with the computer, anyway?

What I do instead is use the pc to sync my email and AvantGo to read on the train or whereever.

I know of Palm V

[josepha48]

If you were to get a palm V you could get wireless access through omnisky.com. I want it and it is only 39.95 per month. The big cost is the modem. Next year I am sure that wireless palms and such devices will be more prevelant and also with color and total sweetness.

send flames > /dev/null

Possible to use cradle w/o pc?

[Elvii]

I've used the cradle as a null modem cable, as some of the posters are doing to give it a ip addy.. but would it be possible to plug the base unit into a external modem? i.e., bring extenal modem + pda to hotel room on trips and save on palm3/5 modem?

Just an idea.

bash: ispell: command not found

It's easy

[Ledge Kindred]

I have script on my workstation that looks like this:

/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/pilot 115200 Workstation-IP:Pilot-IP proxyarp passive silent persist local noauth
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

Replace "workstation-IP" and "Pilot-IP" with appropriate values. (Make something up for your Pilot.)

Set up your Pilot Network prefs for Unix, with no username and no password, Direct Serial connection. Run the script above, (the trick is turning on IP Forwarding on your Linux box) then run any internet-enabled app on the Pilot and it'll connect and go out over the internet. As usual, YMMV - depending on your network setup, your version of the kernel, phase of the moon, etc. "It Just Works" for me. I've run a couple different browsers, NTP client, email apps, finger, and probably some other stuff.

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