I just recently was upgraded to the XV6700 from XV6600 thru VZN. I was wondering if this devices supports Wifi - Static & DHCP Profiles. I like not have to reprogram my tcp/ip settings everytime.
No idea - I use unlimited EVDO most of the time, and when I use Wifi I use a DHCP assigned address. I suspect most people here use something similar...these days having a static IP address isn't all that important, with dynamic IP services running around. If you're running a server on your PDA...why...
i use static ip all the time at my house, better security with my router using wpa etc.. but tis a pain when you go to a coffee house that uses dhcp...
i saw some apps on-line last night that i downloaded.. see what happens.
Good luck with the apps. As with anything you don't see much about here, report back what you find - you never know when someone else will need to know what you've discovered.
Now, with respect to static IPs and security - personally I can't think of a good reason to need static IPs at home on a PDA. If you're running a slingbox or sage TV server or something, then it's useful since using windows machine names isn't always reliable in some programs. But you'd never be running a server on a PDA except to show off the "cool factor" (like running Apache + mySQL on a Sharp Zaurus). At home you should have perfectly reasonable security with WPA/WEP, MAC filtering (a pain but useful), and lower the tx power on your box so it doesn't work outside your yard, etc. If you live in an apartment or condo with close neighbors this is always an issue. I used to pick up my upstairs neighbor's bluetooth phone on discovery.
Most routers can be programmed with a starting DHCP address "floor", and anything below that can be static. So if you wanted to run static IPs with certain servers in the house, give those 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.10 or whatever, then start your DHCP addressing at .11 and go from there.
NINJA EDIT:
>My bad, I thought you were asking how. Maybe this little guide will help someone else.
>I also found the keys in the registry for IP. They are in HKLM>Comm>tiacxwln1>Parms>TCPIP.
>If you felt like undertaking a little programming project, the MFC for WinCE contains all the API calls you would need.
>Good luck, have fun.
Yeah, you can tell the wifi device to have a static IP.
All you do is:
1) go to the WiFi settings
2) click on the miserable, tiny config icon in the bottom left that looks like a PDA with waves coming out of it
3) click the network adapters tab
4) click on the wifi adapter (for me its tiacxwln Compatable Wireless Ethernet)
5) and finally change the radio button to Use Specific IP Address.
Just as simple as filling in the IP you want and restarting the wireless device (yes, turn it off, turn it back on).
Hope this helps.
-T
Last edited by ToastBreak : 11-01-2006 at 07:36 AM.
ToastBreak:
he's asking about being able to switch between static and dynamic wifi connections without having to do all the mentioned steps over again.
They have a solution, and I think it involves purchasing a piece of software called PhoneAlarm. I don't have time to read through the entire thing, but I imagine you can have multiple profiles like "home", "work", "car" or whatever. When you switch to another profile, you can specify settings to make the volume low/high, change screen brightness, and, most importantly to you, change your wifi to be either static or dynamic. Hope this helps!
all my boxes are static and much easier to access remotely if i'm on the road. also for additional security, I turn off dhcp. i know that i could use dhcp and assign a ip address to each pc based on the mac address. i might go this route in the future, not sure.. but for now when all my devices, printer,voip, fax, laptops, network all need static.. can't be playing guessing games.
i tried a few other apps and my wep/wpa settings would always have to be reprogrammed in... such a pain since MS decided to remove copy and paste passwords in the WM5 ppc edition... anyone know a hack for this?
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