I'll give this a try, thanks!! On 9/11/10, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10 Sep 2010, at 21:52, Alex Hall wrote: >> Could you describe this more? I know about ip addresses, masks, and >> the like, so no need to define everything, but what sort of settings >> would I use? What should I choose as an ip, for example? (I assume I >> do not want dhcp.) When I choose to type my own ip address, the bn >> then asks for a primary and secondary dns address, wins address, >> subnet mask, and default gateway. Thanks for any info. > > Assuming you do actually have no means to get to the Internet (or some other > network) providing other addressing and routers, just leave out gateway, > proxy and DNS. The IP address and netmask you pick will depend on the IP > and netmask of the computer at the other end (you keep the netmask the same > and change network address bits in the address to the right of it), but > we'll assume the autoconfigured link-local IPv4 address range, > 169.254.1.1-169.254.254.254, which Windows would use in the absence of a > DHCP server (i.e., in our example where only a single cable crosses between > BrailleNote and Windows). It's probably easiest to find the first three > bytes (numbers) of the PC's address, then vary the last in your BrailleNote, > and use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask. Once you've done this, you can > begin sending traffic at the PC's address, ping, log in to the server, etc. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [email protected] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
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