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Originally posted by shadowboxer
This sounds HUGE! I just wish I understood it (See my sig below )
I second spinaldocs question re DNS.
Question 2: Shadow is on vacation in Florida (Hey PHO!), and then it hits, POW!, FSOD, hard reset, no data. This vision sync won't work, right? The first time you sync with your computer after a hard reset, it asks for you password and then asks that you confirm the name to which you want it to sync.
If this worked somehow in this setting, this takes care of the whole no backup when traveling thing.
Is there some way that this could work?
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Well, I'm very, very new to Palm and HotSync and network syncing. But from what I understand, you're saying that the problem is that after a hard reset, the PC software is going to pop up a dialog box rather than just go ahead and do the sync? Or that you'll have to do something on the PC side?
That said, there is a very awkward way around this.
You use some sort of remote control software on your home computer. Clumsy, but it will work.
My favorite is VNC. Load a program called "VNC" (Virtual Network ?Computer) on your home computer in "server" mode. Then do the DMZ or "port forwarding" thing. For VNC, port forwarding would be probably on 5900, perhaps 5901. Essentially, VNC is a free, cross-platform remote control application, like GoToMyPC, PCAnywhere, CarbonCopy, etc. In fact, you could use GoToMyPC or PCAnywhere (see below).
Then, after your hard reset, you can remote-control your home PC and do whatever you need to do to get the Network Sync to work. You use a copy of the VNC Client. VNC Client and Server software is free! The others listed above cost money.
Ahh -- but there's a catch. Yes, there is a Palm VNC. So you can remote-control your home PC from your i500! BUT, during a hard reset you would LOOSE this program!
Now, I don't know why installation of Palm software in this day and age requires syncing with a computer to do the installation. Why can't you just download the Palm VNC software from the web directly to your i500? If anyone knows how to do this -- let me know! But as far as I know, you can't do this. Catch 22.
So the answer is that you have to go to a CyberCafe, public library, hotel business center, or business associate's desktop and use their computer to remote-control your home computer. For this purpose, GoToMyPC is better, because you don't have to install the VNC Client on your friend's computer. In fact the public library or Cyber Cafe computer might be "locked down" and prevent such installs.
There
is a Java version of the VNC Client, so theoretically you can remote-control your home computer from any system that has Java by downloading the Java applet as well.
A final, important note: security. The VNC Server on your home computer is, like every network-aware server program, a security risk -- especially when you specifically allow Internet access via DMZ or port forwarding. And VNC uses simple unencrypted (afaik) passwords. Plus, all your screen data and keystrokes are sent unencrypted as well. So, first off, pick a good password for the VNC Server.
Most people would also recommend that Internet-connected computers only run VNC inside an SSL tunnel. But this is complicated to set up for the base user, and what's more, it is going to be very trickey to set up on a "borrowed" computer or on your Palm (presuming anyone's gotten SSL tunnels working on the Palm OS and on an i500; I haven't been following that thread).
In the end, being a hacker, I'd be using VNC. But you might want to consider paying for the GoToMyPC service for this.