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

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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