Can you access the internet when connected via ActiveSync? - Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General

With my trusty old Ipaq 5550 i could, but for some reason i cant with my Kaiser.
I had a look in the manual but couldnt find this.
Any tips?

It should work automatically.
Perhaps in your comm manager, active sync is greyed out and needs to be enabled.
Or perhaps in your configuration screen: connections tab, usb on pc (or sometinglike that), you can (un)check a box about advanced network connectivity.

yes for me work You must change in Connections->Advanced->Select network first field where you have your ISP to My Work Network.

Stay0Puft said:
perhaps in your configuration screen: connections tab, usb on pc (or sometinglike that), you can (un)check a box about advanced network connectivity.
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EXACTLY.
Mine was checked, once i UNchecked it. I had internet conectivity.

I have all default and CHECKED use advanced network functionality and it works fine, even when syncing over bluetooth I can get to the internet through ActiveSync

Thanks, been wanting to do this for ages.
Now I have got it working.

Okay, this is a long message but I have had a unique problem in which I had to fiddle with activesync and my PDA for several days to figure it out. So in case this is your problem look here.
Scenario:
At my work we have a proxy server. When i connect my phone to my computer, even though activesync and my PDA are set to connect properly neither my phone nor my computers internet works. I fooled with this, posted on the forums and finally found a way to fix it.
Steps:
1)Change your PDA's advanced network settings in the network management area to BOTH be "mywork network". Do this before plugging in to activesync.
2)load an internet page with streaming content, or constantly refresh a web page if your work blocks all sites!
3)Ensure that your activesync is set to connect to the "work network".
4)Plug in your phone (be sure that data is still streaming on your desktop, if an active connection isn't streaming on your desktop Windows uses logarithms to decide which connection to use as an internet source).
5)Let activesync load and syncronize. Once it is syncronized, go back to your pda's network management page and change the two options BACK to MEdia Net or whatever data service you use on your cell phone. NOTE: Be sure that media is streaming all the way until you change your PDA's options BACK to the proper internet source for your phone and test it by loading a web page. Once the phone is set as it's own internet source and the desktop still has it's active LAN connection you should be golden.
I know you shouldn't have to do this but at least with my works network and their proxy server if i don't do it this way i will NEVER be able to use the internet on either device.
The reason for this is because of Microsoft's crappy network capabilities. In activesync 4.0 + they made activesync use an actual network connection, you can view it via the network connection page. So with some networks (not all) it tries to use your phones connection as the active internet network and vice versa at times.
Hope this helps somebody out there as this drove me nuts!
So far i'm the only person that has had the problem (on this forum, at least that has responded to my threads). But i'm sure there are a couple other people that have annoying problems with their work and activesync.
Thanks,
Luke

Thanks a lot alaiwy, worked just fine for me!

For the AT&T Tilt & AT&T ROM's you also need to disable the Proxy.

_Dejan_ said:
yes for me work You must change in Connections->Advanced->Select network first field where you have your ISP to My Work Network.
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TY I was looking for this finally becuase that was getting very annoying as hell to me.

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Kaiser not accessing net through my pc

AFAIK the kaiser should use my home net connection when synched with my PC right?
I remember when I was setting up / installing that I ticked some kind of box to not use hosts net conn when attached via USB (God knows why I did, I knew it was a bad idea after i hit OK...) but I don't remember where I set it.
I have looked around and can't seem to find any setting like that - any ideas?
if i'm not mistaken, that's a setting you need to change when you DON'T have your device connected to your pc.
eric b
evilc said:
AFAIK the kaiser should use my home net connection when synched with my PC right?
I remember when I was setting up / installing that I ticked some kind of box to not use hosts net conn when attached via USB (God knows why I did, I knew it was a bad idea after i hit OK...) but I don't remember where I set it.
I have looked around and can't seem to find any setting like that - any ideas?
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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows CE Services]
"AllowLSP"=dword:00000000
Hmm, that reg entry didn't seem to do it. I still can't access the net on my mobile through my pc.
its a setting in activesync/Mobile Device center, you will know it when you see it
In activesync go to file-->connection settings...--> and uncheck the allow wireless connection on device when connected to the desktop and your phone should stop using gprs instead of activesync to connect to the net when your connected.
hmm I still can't get a Internet connection through my computer! Does someone else still have the same problem?
Geko
Same problem here. I have the latests ActiveSync....I have "The Internet" selected as what my PC connect to in ActiveSync. I have un-checked "Allow Wireless Connection" - and still nothing. The phone won't sync with my Exchange server when connected to my PC....very annoying because the phone lags behind my 'real' schedule as a result!
Anyone?
GekoCH said:
hmm I still can't get a Internet connection through my computer! Does someone else still have the same problem?
Geko
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Go check your router and/or firewall settings....
Your Kaiser should have it's own IP adres cause syncing is a network-based affair these days, so this might cause the problem in your network setup...
Check Settings/USB to PC ; change the Enable advanced network functionality, and try again. Happend to me in Vista, and after messing with this setting Windows Update downloaded latest driver for HTC and fixed the problem. (As i remember you can change it back afterwards, if it solves your problem).
thanks for all the help so far guys.
It definately seems to be an issue with activesync (ie the desktop PC) because when I connect to my PC here at work, it is all fine.
darkilici said:
Check Settings/USB to PC ; change the Enable advanced network functionality, and try again. Happend to me in Vista, and after messing with this setting Windows Update downloaded latest driver for HTC and fixed the problem. (As i remember you can change it back afterwards, if it solves your problem).
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Thanks darkilici...!! I un-checked "advanced network functionality" under Seettings, Connections, USB-to-PC, and when I plugged my TyTn II back into my PC - it "found" the device again, re-loaded the driver, and now I am accessing the Internet on my TyTn II through my PC! Thanks......HUGE!
Much appreciated.
Unchecking it caused my phone to be able to use wireless while synched - thanks!
But if I tick it again, it goes back to how it was.
The error I am getting is:
"The page you are looking for cannot be found due to error 0x80072f78"
Even with it unticked, it's not really what I want. I want it to use my much faster broadband connection while tethered...
I think I may do a hard reset.
I forgot to ask, by any chance are you on T-Mobile (or any network that requires a proxy to access the net over GPRS)? If you are, then you have to disable the proxy server to be able to access the net over activesync.
Yes, I am on T-Mobile with Web n Walk.
Do you mean the one in "Connections"?
I removed that proxy tickbox and it seems to work now. Do I not need the proxy? What is it for? Cacheing? Or is it only to enforce the "No adult content sites" block? (Which I have removed so I can access facebook)
Thanks ever so much!
I'm on t-mobile in the US and I have to have the proxy to access the net over GPRS or it won't work at all. I'm not sure about if you need the proxy in the UK or not, but the easiest way to find out is to try to access the net over GPRS without the proxy and see if it works or not. If it doesn't the it would probably be easier for you to set up a second connection, the first with the proxy the way you already have it set up and then a second that has the same settings as the first only without the proxy settings. Then, just switch between the 2 when needed. Unfortunately that's the simplest way to do it that I have found.
Hmm, I'm actually looking for something like this, but not. Anyone know of a way to make it use AT&T's internet while connected to a computer with ActiveSync? That registry tweak works great for when I'm at home, but when I'm at work or something, I may want to use my phone's internet (GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA). I have a program that lets me control my kaiser from a computer (MyMobiler), but it needs activesync. If I have Activesync, I have to use my work internet (which I don't want to do). Hopefully that makes sense.. Any ideas?
internet sharing tool and enable/disable cabs
yea, that should do the trick since it's been the same when i had a hermes

SlingPlayer problems?

Hi all, I have a weird problem.
I have a tilt and am using the HTC rom, I connect to wifi in my apartment and 3G or HSDPA when I leave the apartment.
When I'm connected through wifi, my Slingplayer works flawlessly, finds my slingbox, and plays the video. When I try to connect outside using 3G/HSDPA, I get "Cannot connect with current connection settings"
I know the Slingbox is working correctly because I can connect to it through a desktop PC without a problem, and I know that the 3G works fine on my tilt because I have no problem loading websites, using mundi, etc.
Any ideas? I've seen a couple other posts on other forums with the same problem but there were no responses on them.
Thanks!
Can you connect to anything else when on 3G?
Try your proxy settings
Did you change the default ports on the SlingBox config?
Are those ports (default or modified) open from the outside of your firewall/router?
If you have the ability to monitor inbound connections try monitoring while you connect through 3G and see if your device attempts on the correct port and that it is NATed to the correct IP and port.
Raptor
I had exactly the same problem with my Belkin router. You need to set up a port on your router in order for it to work. I know on mine it involved setting up a virtual server.
I am using the TyTN II and I am having the same exact problems. I think AT&T killed access to slingbox somehow. I can surf the internet just fine, and then as soon as I start the slingplayer, my connection gets lost and my phone says "cannot sonnect with current connection settings." Any help would be appreciated, especially with the World Series coming up this week.
cjf2014 said:
I know the Slingbox is working correctly because I can connect to it through a desktop PC without a problem
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Possibly a silly point but can you definitely connect over the internet to it? Or just over your LAN?
There's a wizard that enables the port forwarding for you - (called Remote Viewing or something?) should be with the software for the slingbox.
Could be that your desktop is just going direct over the LAN?
Also, I had problems when I was just using the automatic settings to configure the box - in the end it works far better if you ignore the UPnP stuff, and use the manual setup process (or so I found). Again, the desktop software wizard steps you through this.
If you can connect over wifi at home, but not over wifi or 3g when away, then unless AT&T are blocking the ports, its more likely your router settings, as at home you are inside your LAN but elsewhere you have to go through your routers hardware firewall.
Just have a look at slingbox's help files.
SlingBox works fine on AT&T. Check your proxy settings on the phone. Try the "remove hidden proxy" cab. The home router also needs an outgoing port defined as well. Good Luck, I know it can work.
I will bet that it's your router/firewall blocking the incoming net traffic. Try connecting to it from a Friend's internet connection or a public computer at the library or something.
Had a similar problem with slingplayer mobile on my new HTC TouchPro- phone from Vodafone but I put in my T-mobile SIM as I wanted to keep the Web and walk.
Slingplayer worked fine from Vario3 with same sim but not from TouchPro. Eventually unticked the use proxy server in the connection settings and it started to work. Weird, as on the Vario the proxy box is ticked and it works.
Anyway, worth trying if anyone else is having problems.
One of two things, either you have not port fowarded your router to allow the Slingbox to be remotly viewed, go to portfoward.com for exact instructions for your specific router, or your hidden proxy is messing with it. More than likley its not port fowarded correctly. BTW...when your in your home network, i.e... using WiFi, it will work without the router being fwded because your slingbox is already inside your home network. When coming from the outside of your home network through 3g or whatever your router has to allow access to the slingbox.

Help with Activesync

I am having a problem that when i connect my phone to my work PC my media net 3g quits working.
I have changed the option in advanced connections, server selection, to use media net on both options but i am still getting no 3g/edge etc. Everytime i sync my phone it tries to use my PC connection as the active internet source.
What i want is to have my phone synced but still use my phones 3g internet on the phone and my LAN for my PC.
Can anybody help me figure out why my phone's internet is replaced by my PC's?
Thanks!
Under "Connection Settings" do you have the box checked that says, "Allow wireless connetion on device when connected to the desktop"?
Yes i do. And when i partnered with active sync i selected the option to allow internet calling etc.
It has to be a background issue. Afaik all the options are correct.
After a little further reasearch it appears that when i connect my phone to the computer the proxy server is changed to my work proxy. If i over ride it to the correct cingular proxy it still does not work.
Any help on this? It's getting annoying. It worked fine for a week then just quit working.

Connected to Wifi but cannot use Internet

Hi:
I have the HTC-branded TyTN II and I can connect to my Wifi network just fine, but none of the applications can access the Internet through this connection. The connection status shows as "connected" and the phone shows up in router's DHCP table. Does anyone have a solution?
Thanks in advance!
Try moving the WIFI power saving mode to the left: "Best Performance".
Don't know if this is "too obvious" but have you set the DNS lookup address?
oh man! another unlucky soul...like me
dont worry buddy, you are not alone in this "wireless problem" as i have an HTC Touch and unfortunately i have Windows Vista Home Premium installed in my laptop which has damn wifi.
same as yours, my HTC connects to the wifi i made in several ways with Security and Authentication Enabled in every way i can and also last with Open Authentication and Security as NONE
my network shows that my wifi is connected to my HTC but only LOCAL, which means you cant access internet, and strangely also, the wifi network is labelled as Unidentified Network, when the WIFI i made is given a solid name, like WIFY.
i checked out my HTC Touch with a friend who has Windows XP installed in his laptop and damn....i can browse as well as chat in Messenger, while being connected to his WIFI.
So i will tell you these by experience:
1st: its not a problem with your HTC TyTN II, so dont subject it to forced connection, like messing with your settings all day long while you try to connect it. cos simple truth is you cant (i m assuming you have windows vista as well)
2nd: its been like my third nite, with "vista+wireless connection+unidentified network" searched on google.
and somethings i came across, but didnt fix my problem includes:
> disable IPv6 from your NIC
> assign a MAC address filter to your NIC (Vista by default has Network Address set to Not Present, which can be found in your LAN Card > Properties > Advanced Tab)
And even my assumption that you're using Vista is wrong, let this be an INFO to other users here as well.
Damn, i m getting back to Windows XP!!!!!!!
So if you think your WiFi card needs a checkup or try these solutions i have mentioned, try google....its a saviour for all gadget dudes like us!!!!
Just to try and give a fuller picture - I have no such problems
I have a desktop running Win XP Pro, a laptop running Vista Home Premium and my Kaiser. All are connecting wirelessly thru a router using WPA encryption and using IE, Firefox for browsing, SMTP/POP3 clients for email and MSN. They are also connection to each other - desktop, laptop and Kaiser - no problem on any of them.
Yeah, having Vista on your network should be no issue with regards to connectivity of a device to a wi-fi network. However, having Vista on the network may make the vista computer invisible on the network map and make it unavailable on the network if you are using XP based computers as well. Not too sure about other Windows versions or different OSs. This is because the Link-Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) Responder component is not installed on the Windows XP-based computer. The patch to install on the XP based rigs is here. I ran into several networks with this issue and have cleaned them up with this patch. I even keep it on my Cruzer because I have seen it so much.
I know this doesn't help with the original query, but I wanted to ensure ayyum3 and cv2k3 know that Vista in the network will not affect any outside device's connectivity.
To the 2 fellas who are having this issue... are you using a software, or have you enabled the locking out external devices from connecting to your network? Also, have you ensured your wireless router has proper internet connection? To see the network yet be unable to access the internet leads me to believe it is a router-modem connectivity issue (albeit a simple IP addy issue, or a cable issue).
What kind of wireless router you using? Is it using the latest firmware for it?
Are you able to connect other wireless devices to the said router?
Are you able to connect your TyTN to some other AP (ie neighbours, cafe, starbucks, etc)?
did you try setting your wifi power mode to best performance
This was happening to me recently after I replaced my router...I ended up changing the channel the wlan was using from Auto (it was setting itself at channel 6) to channel 11. Channel 1 also worked. The other thing I did was disable the wireless speed enhancement features on the router. Now I can connect and surf with no issues...
I dont know what all that was about a vista pc but the OP's problem (from last november) would no doubt be that he had not set the wifi connection to connect to "the internet" or his device was set to use a network proxy for all connections.

Preventing tilt from getting proxy settings on sync

Everytime I connect Tilt to my computer for syncing, it syncs the IE proxy settings and puts them on my Tilt.
It's really annoying like hell, since after every sync I have to disable the proxy server for MediaNET.
Is there any way to prevent Tilt from getting proxy server settings from the PC?
To Overzealous Protectors of Thread Creation (OPTC) - I did a search, didn't find an answer. So sue me.
I must be stupid, cuz I can't for the life of me understand how the proxy settings can sync between your pc and Tilt.
Yep, weird huh?
I delete any proxy settings from my Tilt.
My PC has proxy setting for my work proxy server.. address, port, exclusions, all that stuff.
I connect Tilt.
It syncs.
I disconnect Tilt from PC, check my MediaNET settings - all my PC's proxy settings are in there.
That happens consistently with every ROM I tried (6.0, 6.1 doesn't matter).
If I delete proxy settings from IE - then Tilt will remain w/o a proxy.
Could this have anything to do with an Exchange Server email account your using for work?
Nope, my personal laptop doesn't have exchange set up on it and that's the laptop I sync Tilt with.
It must be somewhere in activesync/mobile device center where it syncs IE's proxy settings to device's proxy settings. How lame that is.
I have the same problem. Every time I sync to my work computer, my Tilt gets the corporate proxy settings.
This a royal pain because then my TomTom Navigator software can't get traffic updates. Then I am trying to change proxy settings WHILE I'm driving.
So if you see a car pulled over on the shoulder of the road, it might just be a Tilt user fixing his/her phone.
no you're not alone
I noticed I couldn't get data after I had synced with my office computer. After I saw the correlation I went into the connection settings and in the phone it was changed to use a proxy server, "GWS." Eventually I realized that it was grabbing my computer's pseudo-proxy server settings for the Google Web Server which my computer runs to use the Google Web Accelerator. I couldn't figure out how to stop this so I ended up uninstalling it. Luckily I don't need it unlike you who may need real proxy settings. Amazing how little quality control Microsoft does before they release a lot of their software.
I suppose judging by how few people are complaining about this proxy grabbing problem that it could be ROM-specific - I'm running Dutty's WM6.1 19588 build, latest version of Activesync.
It's not ROM specific, not unless all 5-7 ROMs that I've tried all have that problem.
My phone is still has the standard ROM that it came with. No mods what so ever.
i can confirm three things:
1. it's happening to me everytime too
2. it's a major pain in the ass!
3. it's a major pain in the ass!
This happens to me as well, however it is removing the proxy settings.... We use WPAD so the checkbox 'Automatically detect settings' is checked on the PC I sync my Kaiser with. I manually set the proxy on the Kaiser and every time I sync it with my PC it removes the setting for HTTP, it does however leave the SOCKS settings
Andy
It's not a kaiser specific problem... as it also happend to me with wm5 and wm2003se devices.
Which is a pain, but i just change the settings back after i sync
I have this problem too I have searched and searched and never found a solution to "fix" the problem. So here is what I do to reduce my effort to restore my settings after they get screwed up while sync'ing.
I have created a dummy network called office. I switch to this (settings ->Connection -> Select network) before connecting the phone to the PC. And switch it back after disconnecting them from the PC. I kept doing this for a while and admittedly this is pain to remember to do it without a miss each time. and if I did miss then you have to go and restore the proxy settings anyway. Then I found this small tool called "MObile Profiler" somewhere on freewareppc.com - it lets to create multiple profiles that store all your network settings with different names and with one keystroke restore teh settings from the stored profiles. I still have to remember to switch each time but if I do forget sometimes - I can simply restore all the settings from the saved profile in a single key stroke instead of having to go into settings and painfully typing in all the correct settings.
So not a solution to the problem but a way to save some labor in restoring the status back
Right click Activesync in task tray, Connection Settings. Change "This computer is connected to:" to WORK NETWORK. If its on Auto, or The Internet, it pulls the proxy from IE so it can get to "The Internet"!
yes but in that case, you also cannot access the internet from the phone while it is connected to the PC. One might question why you needs to have internet accessible from the phone when obvisously you are sitting next to a PC. But I need to do that - for example to have the Weather forecast and currency rates automatically updated (during activesync) in the Worldmate Pro software that I use. Or look at mail from my personal gmail account on the phone which I dont want to access from my office PC. For all that it is necessary to set the connection settings to Automatic!!!
I have an HTC polaris, same problem, using official wm6.1 updated HTC rom.
Happened on stock WM6.0 rom as well. Also happened on previous devices.
Every time I plug my phone in at work it inherits the corporate proxy settings.
Haven't found a fix for this, it's a big F'n pain in the ass though, because every time I unplug the phone I have to go in there and edit out that proxy box..every single day
What I really want to know is why more people haven't come forward saying that this is a problem...Why is it only affecting a small portion of people? I'm sure alot of peoples' work use proxy servers.
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yes but in that case, you also cannot access the internet from the phone while it is connected to the PC. One might question why you needs to have internet accessible from the phone when obvisously you are sitting next to a PC. But I need to do that - for example to have the Weather forecast and currency rates automatically updated (during activesync) in the Worldmate Pro software that I use. Or look at mail from my personal gmail account on the phone which I dont want to access from my office PC. For all that it is necessary to set the connection settings to Automatic!!!
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Yup, exactly. Can't believe windows mobile is designed by Microsoft yet it has problems like this...really makes you wonder just how much work went into this stupid OS. The only thing I can think of to fix this is to make a program to modify the registry on your phone every time you sync it with the PC to remove this god damn reg setting that contains the proxy server from the MediaNET connection.
stickydonkey said:
Right click Activesync in task tray, Connection Settings. Change "This computer is connected to:" to WORK NETWORK. If its on Auto, or The Internet, it pulls the proxy from IE so it can get to "The Internet"!
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I have Excalibur (HTC-S620) and Kaiser. This trick fixes problem in Excalibur, but not in Kaiser :-(.
Found solutions. Just unckeck "Allow wireless connection on device .... " and also set "This computer is connected to" to "Work Network" in Active Sync -> File -> Connection settings on your desktop.
Hello, just wondering whether anyone has made any progress in solving this problem?
When i enter my work proxy manually into the WM device, after a while it disappears again, and my WM device no longer has any internet connectivity. Then when i add it again, after a while it's gone.
Have had this problem for years on numerous devices. Seems like there are no real fixes?

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