EDS
06-02-2003, 11:22 AM
From the posts I've read, to uniquely identify a Pocket PC
device one should use the device name rather than
attempting to obtain the serial number of the device.
However, a program running on a device can communicate
with a program that runs on a central computer (server),
which is not necessarily the PC the device is connected
to. Let's say device1 has a partnership "ABC" established
with PC1 and device2 has a partnership "ABC" established
with PC2. When they both establish a connection with my
server, how do I distinguish between the devices if both
devices have the same name?
Is there anything that would guarantee uniqueness and
would work for all types of PocketPC devices (not like a
serial number, which you are able to obtain only for some
devices and even with serial numbers of storage cards,
what if they're missing?)? Something built-in that can't
be easily removed, perhaps a MAC address on the device?
Thank you.
device one should use the device name rather than
attempting to obtain the serial number of the device.
However, a program running on a device can communicate
with a program that runs on a central computer (server),
which is not necessarily the PC the device is connected
to. Let's say device1 has a partnership "ABC" established
with PC1 and device2 has a partnership "ABC" established
with PC2. When they both establish a connection with my
server, how do I distinguish between the devices if both
devices have the same name?
Is there anything that would guarantee uniqueness and
would work for all types of PocketPC devices (not like a
serial number, which you are able to obtain only for some
devices and even with serial numbers of storage cards,
what if they're missing?)? Something built-in that can't
be easily removed, perhaps a MAC address on the device?
Thank you.