On the PC:
- Click Start-- > Settings--
> Control Panel -- > Network
settings
- Click the Services tab and check to see if Remote Access
Service (RAS) is already installed in the Network Services
list.
If RAS is not installed, it may be necessary to install a
new modem type and then install RAS.
If RAS is installed, check that the correct modem is
installed
- Create a new user on the system.
The procedures for these tasks are described in the following
sections.
To install the modem, close the Network settings dialog and open
the Modems dialog.
If a modem called 'Dial-Up Networking Serial Cable between 2
PCs' is installed, no modem installation is required and you can go
directly to the Install RAS section.
If this modem is not installed,
- Click Add to start the Install New Modem
Wizard.
- Select the Don't Detect My Modem check box and click
Next.
- Click the (Standard Modem Types) Manufacturer and the
Dial-Up Networking Serial Cable between 2 PCs modem.
- Click Next. A Port selection dialog is displayed.
- Click the port that the Palm cradle is plugged into and click
Next to install the modem.
- Click Finish to close the wizard . The new modem is
added to the list.
- Click Properties. Set the Maximum Speed to
19200
- Click Close to close the Modems dialog.
To install RAS:
- Click Control Panel-- >
Network.
- Click the Services tab and click Add.
- In the dialog that is displayed, click Remote Access
Service-- > OK. A Windows dialog asks
for the location of some Windows NT files. These are either in the i386
directory of the boot partition (C:\i386\), or on the Windows NT CD-ROM
(also in the i386 directory). When these files are installed, the
Remote Access Setup dialog and the Add RAS Device
dialogs are displayed.
- Click the Dial-Up Networking Serial Cable Between 2 PC modem in
this dialog and click OK.
- In the Remote Access Setup dialog, click Configure
to display a Configure Port Usage dialog
- Click the Dial out and Receive calls radio button and click
OK.
- Click Network to display Network Configuration
settings.
- Ensure the following:
- In the Dial out Protocols area, ensure that only
TCP/IP is checked.
- In the Server Settings area, ensure that only
TCP/IP is checked.
- Click the Require Microsoft encrypted authentication radio
button.
- Clear the Require data encryption check box.
- Click the Configure button next to the TCP/IP
checkbox.
- Ensure the following:
- In the Allow remote TCP/IP clients to access: area, click
the Entire Network radio button.
- If your network is DHCP enabled, click the Use DHCP to assign
temporary TCP/IP addresses radio button. If your network is
not DHCP enabled, click the Use static address pool
radio button and specify a range of IP addresses to use.
- Click OK and then click OK again to start the RAS
setup.
- Click Close to close the Network dialog.
- Restart the PC when prompted to do so.
Use the following procedure to create a new user in order to access the PC
via RAS. The current user must be logged in to Windows NT as an
administrator.
- In the Administrative Tools folder of the Start
menu, select User Manager.
- To add a new user, click User-- > New
User.
- Give the new user an appropriate user name, for example
palmuser, and password, for example mqe.
- Clear the User Must Change Password at Next Logon check box and
select User Cannot Change Password and Password Never
Expires.
- Click Dialin.
- Select the Grant dialin permission to user check box and click
OK.
- Click OK to complete the addition of the new user to the
system.
- Close the User Manager application.
To start RAS:
- Ensure that the HotSync manager is no longer running, because it uses the
same port as RAS. If there is a red and blue HotSync icon in the system
tray (on the task bar), right-click on it and click Exit.
- Click Start-- > Administrative
Tools-- > Remote Access Admin.
- In the Remote Access Admin application, click
Server-- > Start Remote Access
Service. A dialog appears with the PC name in the text
field.
- Click OK to start RAS.
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