From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 17 11:46:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gadolinium.btinternet.com (gadolinium.btinternet.com [194.73.73.111]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21DA437B424 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 11:46:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from waynep@pan.realtime.co.uk) Received: from [213.122.127.91] (helo=marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk) by gadolinium.btinternet.com with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #83) id 150Sme-0002QC-00; Thu, 17 May 2001 19:46:02 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.60] (helo=pan.realtime.co.uk) by marvin.penguinpowered.org.uk with esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1 (Debian)) id 150SSi-0000qO-00; Thu, 17 May 2001 19:25:24 +0100 Received: from waynep by pan.realtime.co.uk with local (Exim 3.22 #1) id 150SQw-00009s-00; Thu, 17 May 2001 19:23:34 +0100 From: Wayne Pascoe To: Dibble Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Palm Connectivity References: Date: 17 May 2001 19:23:34 +0100 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <861ypnq1g9.fsf@pan.penguinpowered.org.uk> Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) XEmacs/21.1 (Cuyahoga Valley) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Dibble writes: > I am wanting to connect my Palm Organizer to my freebsd computer using a > serial cable. What would I need to do in order to allow my freebsd box to > accept a connection via serial? I just have the default networking > options set up, running -Stable. And also, what would I need to setup on > my palm as a connect script? For those that are unfamiliar with PalmOS, > The dialup script capability is the same as might be with another > PC. I hope that this will generate some interesting discussion and help > me get network connectivity with my palm. Why not just use the pilot-link software ? That allows you to backup your palm via the serial device (/dev/ttyd0 or /dev/ttyd1). It also allows you to install new software. If you use it with jpilot, you'll have a fairly sweet solution without using the dialer side of it at all. -- - Wayne Pascoe E-mail: wayne.pascoe@realtime.co.uk Phone : +44 (0) 20 7544 4668 Mobile: +44 (0) 788 431 1675 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message