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Here you go, as it's the season of good will and all that, here are three SIS files containing the updated TCP/IP stack, with the fix I have implemented.
Series 5mx, Revo/Revo+, Series 7, netBook < Build 158 All without Ethernet use the following: TCPIP_UPDATE(Non-Ethernet).SIS
netBook build(s) 158, netPad (or Series 7, netBook <158 with Ethernet installed in RAM) use: TCPIP_UPDATE(Ethernet).SIS
Series 5mx, Revo/Revo+, Series 7, netBook < 158 IrLAN drivers: IrLan.SIS
Note: ONLY USE ONE OF THE SIS FILES !
Always backup your device BEFORE installing anything, including this Update !
No warranty provided, use at your own risk.
Thank you very much, Alex. But there is something I don't understand. With a 7book sometimes I use ethernet/LAN and sometimes an infrared connection to a GSM phone. So which update should I use?
Global
Fantastic news, it seems that the patch works without any problems on a Psion 5mx with a 56K US Robotic modem (will try the mobile later).
Two questions please:[list=a][*]I didn't know that the 5mx can connect to a LAN (since it doesn't have an ethernet card). What is the irLAN driver then? Could a hardware setup with this driver also be used for a Wi-Fi connection? Any links and, or instructions would be appreciated.[*]How did you do it? How does the patch deal with the malformed datagrams? (just curious )[/list=a]
Kind regards,
Thanks very much Alex for your posting here, it turns out to be a very much appreciated Christmas present.
I have a question for you, since I had renamed my tcpip.prt file into a more neutral (and inoffensive) TCPIPPRT .
The fact was that I was facing problems in switching back and forth between a wireless lan connection and a gprs one and here at psionplace I was given the above-mentioned hint, which turned out to be successful.
what do you think, by installing the tcpip update I will be having similar problems in switching back and forth between wifi and gprs?
I have just performed a backup and I will be trying soon the tcpip update anyway . BTW any suggestion will be very gratefully received
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Gianluca
still enthusiastic about his EPOC netBook after all these years
I know the Psion patch works for most but it didn't for me.
I just installed it from the SIS file, stopped Sink2 loading and reset my 5mx. When it had rebooted I tried Email first. The connection failed immediately (no connection at all). Ditto wth Web and Opera.
So I removed it, reloaded Sink2 and everything worked again.
Somehow the patch actually stopped my I'Net connection before it even addressed the modem. I know some programs seem to dislike the extra RAM (8MB courtesy D&G) and that the extra RAM is considerably more than the extra that Sink uses.
So although I don't mind using Sink2 (for which I still thank Hans), I think PT should be told. I might be the only person affected but I doubt it.
Originally posted by PhilAP When it had rebooted I tried Email first. The connection failed immediately (no connection at all). Ditto wth Web and Opera.
The same happened with my Psion 5mx, when I installed the first TCP/IP patch from here: http://tinyurl.com/332ox
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Somehow the patch actually stopped my I'Net connection before it even addressed the modem. I know some programs seem to dislike the extra RAM (8MB courtesy D&G) and that the extra RAM is considerably more than the extra that Sink uses.
The error I got was something about the loader not working (duh! I know I should have written it down ) However, downloading and installing the TCPIP_UPDATE(Non-Ethernet).SIS from above, worked first time. Something you may need to consider is stopping (or even temporarily uninstalling) any application which is using the existing TCP/IP stack e.g. Atomic Time, and performing a soft reset to make sure that all threads are dropped. I unistalled both Atomic Time and AlarmPlus to be on the safe side and did not have any problems thereafter. Of course, once the new patch is installed you can reinstall these apps which work fine with the new patch
... what do you think, by installing the tcpip update I will be having similar problems in switching back and forth between wifi and gprs?
...
I have just performed a backup and I will be trying soon the tcpip update anyway...
I installed the (ethernet) update and until now everything goes fine.
I have already tried connecting to the internet a few times now.
firstly via a Wireless lan PCMCIA card, then via infrared through my
GPRS t68i, than back to the WI-FI card and back again to the GPRS Option globetrotter PCMCIA card.
Lastly, here I am back to the wi-fi connection... no problem in switching back and forth between the two options... everything seems OK
could it be that using Sink2 in combination with the TcpIp update we might maximize the results?
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Gianluca
still enthusiastic about his EPOC netBook after all these years
I tried unloading first Alarm+ and Atomic Time - different failure code but the same result - immediately the machine says no code and the application says it is not connected.
Unloading the patch (and that's all) restores the status quo - the connection connects and Sink works. I tried several other ways, including unloadins (or uninstalling) any and all Robin Hood/King Midas applications (really just Reset+) - still no go and the same restore works!
Postings on this site from earlier today, 22 December appear to have disappeared as a result of a crash. I wanted to let AlexL know that I read his posting before it vanished and appreciate very much his having let me and others know which SIS file to install.
Global
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Posting by : MickKi 12-22-2003 06:47 AM
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What's the error code?
Hi Phil,
Could you please tell us what's the error code exactly?
Perhaps Alex, or others could then advise what may be causing it. All I can suggest from my limited experience with this patch is what I have already said above, that all previous threads from applications to the TCP/IP need to be dropped before the patch is installed.
Good luck,
Mike
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Posting by : PhilAP 12-22-2003 09:33 AM
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It's like magic!
Hi MickKi,
To take advantage of your kind offer I reinstalled the patch after stopping Sink but not uninstalling (or stopping) the Robin Hood/King Midas programs.
It seems to work now.
I'll report if it fails again, but if I have to use Sink I really don't mind.
But I still don't understand why some (most?) ISPs seem happy for the viruses (or whatever) to use their facilities. The cost in purely electronic terms must be more than negligible, probably more than the cost of blocking them!
And the moral and commercial cost is greater still.
TANJ!
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Phil.
"Don't worry, don't hurry -
and don't forget to smell the flowers."
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Posting by : PhilAP 12-22-2003 10:50 AM
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Magic - !#*@ing magic!
Hi,
When posting my previous missive the Psion first dropped the I'Net connection though the modem stayed connected. Then it locked requiring a reset.
I then tried to connect again using Email. Within seconds the alert
"SocketServer
LDR- IMPORT
Reason number 2"
appeared. Under it another alert said
"Server has closed".
The former is not the original alert but the latter has alway appeared when the connection was not made.
So back to Sink!
Incidentally I have to uninstall the patch for any I'Net connection to work.
Anyone got any ideas?
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Happy Days,
Phil.
"Don't worry, don't hurry -
and don't forget to smell the flowers."
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Posting by : AlexL 12-22-2003 01:03 PM
Re: Magic - !#*@ing magic!
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Originally posted by PhilAP
I then tried to connect again using Email. Within seconds the alert
"SocketServer
LDR- IMPORT
Reason number 2"
appeared. Under it another alert said
"Server has closed".
The above error is produced by trying to use the SIS file for devices with ethernet installed on a device which does not have ethernet drivers installed. Either use the Non-ethernet SIS file or use the IrLAN SIS file (Note Installing IrLAN when you aren't actually going to use it is just going to waste memory.)
Originally posted by Global Thank you very much, Alex. But there is something I don't understand. With a 7book sometimes I use ethernet/LAN and sometimes an infrared connection to a GSM phone. So which update should I use?
Global
Basicly if you have ethernet drivers installed (i.e. Ethernet Applet in Control Panel) then install the Ethernet SIS file, If you don't have ethernet installed then install the non-ethernet SIS file. If you do not have ethernet but would like to use IrLAN then install the IrLAN SIS file. (Note: Installing IrLAN when you are not going to use it is simply wasting your memory)
The ethernet & IrLAN SIS files have basicly the same TCP/IP Stack as the non-Ethernet SIS file, except it has the additional ethernet extensions. Which means you can use it for both Dial-Up / GPRS and Ethernet, i.e. you do not need to switch between the two.
being the proud owner of an MC218 and having encountered frozen/slow/dropped inet connections over the past months, I would just like to make sure: as far as I know there are some differences between the 5MX and the MC218 that are mainly software related. I'm not sure if this concerns applications, or extends to the ER5.
Is it safe to assume that the tcpip stack on the MC218 is identical to the 5MX so that I can use the sis files without risk ?
Is it safe to assume that the tcpip stack on the MC218 is identical to the 5MX so that I can use the sis files without risk ?
Yes
The MC218 does have some additional software that isn't present in the 5mx, but the basic machine is the same - there is no difference in the internet connectivity software.
A BRILLIANT CHRISTMAS PRESENT!
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TcpIp update (test in progress)
It's like magic! 
Magic - !#*@ing magic! 
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