Hi,
Loving the app, I've already felt the value of it in recording a couple of transactions away from my computer. Top stuff.
I'm hitting one issue though. At home I have a Macbook and I'm able to sync seamlessly over my house wifi network. At work, I have a Windows XP laptop. We don't have a wifi network at work, so I attempted to use the Sync over an ad-hoc network instructions. I managed to connect my iPhone to the network, but it immediately dropped to 'Low' (weird since I'm sitting right by it) and when I tried to sync it said it could not find the iPhone, even though the sync page has an ip address and passcode.
I'm a bit flummoxed honestly.
Syncing over ad-hoc networks
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Syncing over ad-hoc networks
by HappyDave » Thu May 20, 2010 2:40 am
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Re: Syncing over ad-hoc networks
by Basti » Thu May 20, 2010 2:48 am
Hi,
maybe a firewall is guarding the ad-hoc communication? A personal firewall, or the windows built-in firewall perhaps? If so, please make sure that port 5250 is not blocked, that's what we use for the sync.
maybe a firewall is guarding the ad-hoc communication? A personal firewall, or the windows built-in firewall perhaps? If so, please make sure that port 5250 is not blocked, that's what we use for the sync.
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Re: Syncing over ad-hoc networks
by HappyDave » Thu May 20, 2010 3:06 am
Well, I've added an exception in Windows Firewall, no dice. I'm inside a corporate firewall, but as this is an ad-hoc connection that shouldn't make a difference, right?
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Re: Syncing over ad-hoc networks
by Basti » Thu May 20, 2010 3:11 am
That's right.
But maybe your RoutingTable sends the request over the corporate network instead of sending it over the Ad-Hoc network? Just a test: Unplug your corpnet, establish the ad-hoc connection and try again. If that works you would need to tweak the metric on the route for the ad-hoc network - or add a route that prefers the ad-hoc net for the iPhone connection.
But maybe your RoutingTable sends the request over the corporate network instead of sending it over the Ad-Hoc network? Just a test: Unplug your corpnet, establish the ad-hoc connection and try again. If that works you would need to tweak the metric on the route for the ad-hoc network - or add a route that prefers the ad-hoc net for the iPhone connection.
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Re: Syncing over ad-hoc networks
by HappyDave » Thu May 20, 2010 3:17 am
Ahah, that worked.
As for 'tweaking the metric on the route for the ad-hoc network', how would I do that? I can disconnect my LAN cable each time but it'd be better if I didn't have to!
As for 'tweaking the metric on the route for the ad-hoc network', how would I do that? I can disconnect my LAN cable each time but it'd be better if I didn't have to!
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Re: Syncing over ad-hoc networks
by HappyDave » Thu May 20, 2010 3:20 am
Actually, on googling for routing tables, that looks horribly complicated and I'm not comfortable mucking with settings to that level of detail - I have a good relationship with the IT guys in my firm and don't want to screw it up by breaking anything.
Thanks though, this is a good workaround.
Thanks though, this is a good workaround.
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Re: Syncing over ad-hoc networks
by jesse » Thu May 20, 2010 9:02 am
Those relationships are very important to maintain 
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