Registered: Jan 2000
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Has anyone established a PPP connection through the serial cradle with their Visor? Every time I try (using instructions for Palm machines), I get Error: PPP timeout (0x1231).

Now, I know the serial connection is working, because I can use the serial mode on ptelnet to talk to minicom on linux (the terminal emulator). I've tried making a PPP connection under both linux (with pppd) and Win98 (with Mocha W32 PPP) with no success -- same result.

If it makes a difference, I've invoked pppd on linux with a variety of different options, the latest of which is:

/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/pilot 19200 local persist passive lock proxyarp debug 10.0.0.1:10.0.0

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Gabe

Registered: Dec 1999
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Posts: 8

Try:
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/pilot 115200 192.168.1.3:192.168.1.10 local ms-dns \
192.168.100.1 persist passive noauth debug nodeflate nobsdcomp noccp nopcomp

That is the line I used to link using IRLink
to the laptop.
I have not tried it with the serial cradle yet...

Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Germany
Posts: 9

I�ve got the same problem. My advice to see what�s going on:

Invoke a terminal program on the Linux box and connect it to the serial port you want to use your Visor on. Then try to establish a PPP connection on the Visor. On my device nothing happens. I tried it with every port speed possible but nothing.

I�ve already contacted Handspring with this matter but even after three calls to their hotline (from germany I might add) they were not able to help me in any way. A couple of days ago I wrote an eMail to their support account but haven�t got an answer yet.

My advice: annoy them with questions. Don�t mention that you use Linux. When I told them I want to connect to my Linux box they said they wouldn�t support Linux. (In fact I myself work as a call center agent in a modem hotline and I would tell my customers the same thing...) But the issue is: it doesn�t matter whether you have Windows NT (what they suggested to use) or Linux because of two reasons:

First, Visor uses the PPP protocol which is a well defined standard and should work even with a Sinclair Spectrum if one implemented a PPP server for this "machine".

Second, there is no serial port activity on the Visor so you can even connect it to a freezer and it won�t make any difference.

If you have any clue what�s going on, please contact me by my eMail address:

[email protected]

Thanks in advance.
Bye!