Mobilepro 780 on a Windows Network

[drovar]

I've got my Mobilepro 780 hooked up to my Windows network with no problem. But I'd like to have it visible on the network to the other systems. Is there server software for Win Ce 2.11? I haven't been able to find anything.

[Pilot]

I do not believe there is any way to "share" your MP780 on a network so others can browse to it other than through ActiveSync. The fact that CE devices don't seem to truly validate on a network is one reason why Microsoft doesn't seem to want to support them very well via NT, XP, etc., on the network server side of things. We always considered someone RASing in with a H/PC to be a potential security nightmare because they were VERY difficult to track/log, impossible to inventory, etc. It's also bad because you can login to the network with your H/PC named EXACTLY the same name as a fileserver (ie, "Office-FS1"), and there will not be any conflicts reported at all. You would have a different IP number, but you could literally bring down the entire network with the log reporting that someone logging in from the Office-FS1 console did it.

However, Cambridge Computer Corporation (http://www.cam.com/windowsce.html) offers two packages that might help you. One is a FTP server for CE and the other is a webserver for CE. The FTPS is $34 and the webserver is $59. If you're interested in network stuff, they also have a really good internet tools package that is free called VXUtils.