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[ILUG] [way OT] palm pilot connecting to ISP via Irda mobile

[ILUG] [way OT] palm pilot connecting to ISP via Irda mobile

Justin Mason jm at jmason.org
Mon Mar 6 17:22:05 GMT 2000


"Gary Mc Closkey" said:

> I'm trying to connect to an ISP with a palm pilot/irda mobile and it ai
> n't working. It dials, connects (14400), and as per the login script
> waits fo r 'name:' - no quotes. I've tried oceanfree and indigo and both
> get stuck her e.
> 
> The phone is a motorola timeport. It's a IIIe pilot, with the irda
> enhanceman t and OS 3.1.1 . I know that 3.3 improves irda stuff, but
> guess who didn't fi nd out the IIIe isn't flash-upgradable until after
> he bought it. doh.

hmm... oceanfree and indigo AFAIK both use PAP/CHAP, so the text-mode
login stuff is unnecessary; nuke the entire script. I presume the Palm PPP
support can handle logging in using PAP/CHAP during the PPP negotiation.

--j.




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