[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] underwurlde:
@simon_darley thank you very much that was very helpful (btw, no hubs to speak of).

Story so far.

Let me get this off my chest first...

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

How friggin COMPLICATED can something get???? 2 days of searching, reading, installing, uninstalling, falling down holes & climbing out again, faffing & frigging about. All of it needlessly!

Bad buggy software - as a result, many hoops to jump through.

See these were my goals & I think I have it (almost) all sussed now:

1) Sync to PC via a physical USB cable - easy? - nope. ONLY reason to do this is for installation of software. (Sod that sync tasks bollocks, I couldn't give a toss). A little snipped from some dude (here) mentioned the fact that this was unnecessary & could be achived via copying CAB files onto SD media & then installing software on the PPC itself - GREAT :lol:

2) WiFi connection (at work) so I could browse the internet - why? Because it was there & I was interested to see if I could do it. 3 hours later I'm in - thankyou very much! :wink: Some arsehole programmer thought it would be a good idea to make the SSID (a 26 character HEX code), CASE SENSITIVE and relay the keystrokes back to the user as a series of sodding '*'s.... :evil: In the process I've had to learn all sorts of stuff about EAP, LEAP, WiFi LAN access point (Beacons), Wireless clients, The 802.11 standard & hence WEP (and dynamic WEP keys), SSID, EAP, LEAP, WPA TKIP & finally the fact that of all those listed, my PDA uses the adapter: "tiacxwln Compatable Wireless Ethernet": to use server-assigned IP addresses (i.e. use DHCP).

3) A nice simple BlueTooth connection to my PC so that I can browse the internet on my PDA while my wife does the same on the PC - This turned out to be a TWO DAY exercise: Let me list some problems.

Bug - Can't use the WinXP SP2 Bluetooth drivers.

Bug - Can't install the WIDCOMM drivers as they are not certified. (There is a workaround guide, but COME ON GUYS!!).

Bug - If you've pissed about with BlueTooth COM ports, WIDCOMM can't 'go back' as it were to use the lower COM ports (COM9 & below), the assigned COM ports keep increasing. This would be fine if it were not for a ...

BUG - PDA BlueTooth can only use COM ports up to COM9 :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

ARRRRRRRRRRRGH

Hence: Had to uninstall WIDCOMM

Hence: Had to reinstall WinXP BlueTooth driver

Hence: could then (in a convoluted manner) 'recover' the com ports from COM9 and below.

Hence: Then had to uninstall the WinXP USB Driver

Hence: Then had to reinstall the WIDCOM drivers (and go through all that certification bollox again).

Hence: The PC Could then be set up to use a Serial Comms 'service' on a COM port assignment on a COM9 port or less!!!!

Hence: Then had to REBOOT

Hence: Then had to remove any partnerships

Hence: Then had to use a password OF MORE THAN 8 CHARACTERS - some guy mentioned It does allow you to enter less than 8 characters but doing so screws thing up. ARRRGH AGIAN :twisted:

Hence: New partnership on PPC

FINALLY A BLUETOOTH LINK to the PPC

More dicking about making my internet connection an available 'service' over Bluetooth'

FINALLY get to connect to the internet :lol: :lol: :lol:

But, hold on, the fat bird isn't singing yet, GPRS is now sticking it's nose in insisting it's the (expensive) path to the internet & keeps popping a nag up, regardless of the fact that I keep telling it to f-off!

Oh, and the damn thing seems to keep disconnecting every 5 mins. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!!!!!

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH

Anyway, getting there :wink:

Phew. Anyone who knows how to get rid of that poxy GPRS - 3G thing (yes I know its a medium so I guess I mean that useless boil on the arse of humanity called WAP) & also how to keep the damn thing connected - I think it's an Activesync issue....

Anyway, I'm now off to the top of my local bell tower with a fully loaded high-powered rifle with telescopic sights & 10,000 rounds of ammo, disguised as a postman.

Andy :P