How can I connect my device and dial up my ISP at the same time?

Posted by Bruce Turner on microsoft.public.windowsce:

I too had the same problem. I still have the situation where my dial-up connection comes up and I have to hit cancel twice. However I now can have ISP connection and HPC Sync at the same time without error messages. If you have Windows 98 the solution is as follows: (from pg 18 in PCNovice Guide To Computing Portables & Windows CE Vol. 6 Issue 11, one of the most practical publications I've found)

Go to the Start Menu, then Control Panel. Double click the Network control panel. Click the Add button. Double-click Adapter. A new window will open; in it, select Microsoft in the Manufacturers field, then Dial-Up Adapter. Now wait until the window closes and you're back at the main Network Control Panel window. Do not select Cancel; you computer is busy making the changes. When the Network control panel reappears, you should see two Dial-Up Adapters listed. One should say simply Dial-Up Adapter, the other Dial-Up Adapter #2 (VPN Support). Likewise there should be two TCP/IP adapters listed. After you've confirmed this, close the control panel. You computer may ask you for your Win98 CD, so you might want to have it ready. You will be prompted to restart your computer. After your computer reboots, hook up your CE machine. Yes, you'll have to cancel two Dial-Up connect boxes (or you might want to just let it  connect, I have'nt tried that yet) but then after you sync up, go ahead and dial up your ISP. You'll have both connections running simultaneously.

If you're using Win95 on your desktop, you'll first need to install the upgrade to Dial-Up Networking. Insert the Windows CE Services 2.0 CD-ROM, wait for the Windows CE Servies menu to appear and then select option 4: Optional Components from the menu. A directory will open. Open the Microsoft Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking Upgrade version 1.2 folder. The window that opens may be small, in which case the folder may be abbreviated "Microsoft Windows..." Double-click the Msdun12 file to run the upgrade installer. You'll be asked to agree to the software license and the software will be copied to your hard drive.

When the file copying is finished, you'll be asked to click OK to restart the computer. After you computer reboots, Windows will configure and finish installing the upgrade. You may get error messages about the installation trying to copy files that are older than the onew already on your computer. Go ahead and click Yes to keep the newer versions. After the installation is complete, your computer will restart one more time. The next time the computer boots up, it will be ready to go - you'll be able to connect to your CE computer and ISP at the same time. If you open the Network Control Panel, you'll notice you now have two dial-up adapters, not one. One is for you ISP, the other is for your CE computer. The reason both couldn't peacefully coexixt before is that they were using the same Dial Up Adapter, which just won't work.

I'd run down to Barnes and Noble and pick up a copy of this little publication. It's FAR more useful than the $16.95 Microsoft Book I purchased earlier. It's the best $5.95 I've spent since buying my NEC MobilePro.

Bruce
"C5" <clive@clivesinclair.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>My first CE device a Jornada 820.
>
>Everytime I connect to my Desktop via the synch cable My desktop tries to
>dial out 2-3 times. Whilst connected with the synch cable I cannot use the
>modem in my desktop.
>
>Also Application manager says it "does not support the connected device
>type" - and refuses to install any programs?
>
>Help NEEDED!
>
>Thanks
>
>C5
>