From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 17 12:13:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from burdell.cc.gatech.edu (burdell.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.3.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41DBC37B422 for ; Thu, 17 May 2001 12:13:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dibble@cc.gatech.edu) Received: from felix.cc.gatech.edu (felix.cc.gatech.edu [130.207.107.11]) by burdell.cc.gatech.edu (8.9.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA11715; Thu, 17 May 2001 15:13:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (dibble@localhost) by felix.cc.gatech.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAA06989; Thu, 17 May 2001 15:13:10 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 15:13:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Dibble To: Wayne Pascoe Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Palm Connectivity In-Reply-To: <861ypnq1g9.fsf@pan.penguinpowered.org.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG What I was really wanting was (inter)net connectivity. Like using my computer as a gateway to the Network. I already use pilot-link for sync'ing. Thanks On 17 May 2001, Wayne Pascoe wrote: > 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 > ####################### If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane. --Jimmy Buffett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message