WLAN Connectivity

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Is Netbios enabled on your PC? Also is its name a valid netbios name with no
special characters?

Thanks,
- Omar

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"Bruno" <insert@address.here> wrote in message
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> I am able to sync and surf wirelessly with my iPaq on my home network.
> My problem is when the PPC resets, I have to do a ping to an IP
> address before I can sync. I appears that WINS in not working, or
> something. I ended up using Pocket Hosts to create a host entry for my
> home PC. Everything works fine now, but I am wondering why I had to
> create that host entry.
>
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> I put 2 and 2 together and got 22.

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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:46:34 -0800, "Omar [MS]"
<omarm@online.microsoft.com> removed the duct tape and proclaimed:

>Is Netbios enabled on your PC? Also is its name a valid netbios name with no
>special characters?
>
>Thanks,
>- Omar

Do you mean Netbios over IP? I tried enabling that on my PC's NIC, to
no avail. And I have the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper services set to Manual.

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I put 2 and 2 together and got 22.

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On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:29:23 -0500, Bruno <insert@address.here>
removed the duct tape and proclaimed:

>On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 21:46:34 -0800, "Omar [MS]"
><omarm@online.microsoft.com> removed the duct tape and proclaimed:
>
>>Is Netbios enabled on your PC? Also is its name a valid netbios name with no
>>special characters?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>- Omar
>
>Do you mean Netbios over IP? I tried enabling that on my PC's NIC, to
>no avail. And I have the TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper services set to Manual.

Got it. Turned on NetBIOS over TCP/IP on the desktop, then shutdown
the desktop and router. Turned router back on, then desktop, et voilà!

Thanks, Omar, for pointing me in the right direction.

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I put 2 and 2 together and got 22.