Clie Wireless Hotsync Problem

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Experimenting some more, I've noticed something very strange.

Each time I now try to use wireless hotsync, an entry is being generated in
my ZoneAlarm log, reporting blocked access from my static IP address to an
address which is a reversal of the local IP address of the PC I'm trying to
hotsync with - quite bizarre! So if the PC I'm trying to hotsync with has a
local address of 192.168.0.1, for example, ZoneAlarm reports a blocked
attempt to access a remote computer with address 1.0.168.192 from my static
IP address.

I tried disabling ZoneAlarm to see if hotsync would work, but it still fails
to connect properly.

Can anyone suggest what might be causing this odd behaviour, and how I might
fix it?

Ryder Cowan


"Ryder Cowan" <fq5f6v802@sneakemail.com> wrote in message
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> After a problem on my Clie UX-50 (wasn't restarting cleanly from powersave
> mode), I had to do a hard reset. Since then I just cannot get wireless
> hotsync to work again - it was working perfectly previously. The wireless
> connection from the Clie to the desktop seems to be working fine - I can
> access files on my desktop from the Clie browser via Apache.
>
> USB hotsync works fine. Using wireless, the Clie seems to connect to the
> network okay, but every time I try to hotsync, I get no response from my
> desktop PC, and after a few seconds a message on the Clie appears - "The
> connection between your handheld and the desktop could not be
> established."
>
> I've checked the manual carefully, and double checked I've entered all
> the correct settings on both the Clie, and in the hotsync program on the
> desktop. The Clie seems to have the correct IP address for the desktop.
> The user name for the Clie is correctly selected. I've even tried
> uninstalling the Palm desktop and reinstalling, then starting afresh on
> the Clie after another hard reset. I still hit the same problem.
>
> I'm sure I must be missing something obvious, but after hours of trying
> over two days, I can't think what it can be!
>
> Any suggestions would be most welcome.
>
> Ryder Cowan
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