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Connect a Palm to a LAN via USB cable
Authored by: jedik on Jan 17, '04 10:40:48PM

Well, this didn't work for me. I tried many configs, but no success at all.

Finally, I found this in the Internet:

http://discussion.brighthand.com/palmhandhelds/showthread.php?s=b686f4583ecbda0da585cf00b7f054ec&threadid=32094

I have a "generic" USB/Serial adapter (Prolific chip) and it worked like a charm! I just changed the device to /dev/tty.usbserial0.

Cheers!


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Connect a Palm to a LAN via USB cable
Authored by: reeder.29 on May 09, '06 09:28:12PM

[I realize previous postings on this thread were two years ago, but since this thread appears to be the most cogent description of this I could find, I have posted my findings below]

pppd has an option to create the necessary pseudo-ttys automatically, so pty-dir is unnecessary. I reccomend the following command:

sudo pppd pty 'nc -l -p 22000' 10.0.0.1:10.0.0.2 115200 noauth proxyarp persist

With this, I could ping any IP address from my Palm. Adding the "persist" option allows the Palm to connect and disconnect, without needing to restart pppd.



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