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Pocket PC Forum / End Users / Pocket PC / January 2008Is there a way to browse a PC from a pocket PC via Bluetooth
I wonder if there's a way to browse a PC from a Pocket PC like you do when you're connected with a wireless card on the same network but with Bluetooth? ActiveSync allows you to browse a Pocket PC from a PC but not the contrary. Am I wrong? I just want to do exactly the contrary but I have only Bluetooth and not a wireless card. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as with Wi-Fi. It's if and only if your PPC-side Bluetooth supports BT PAN (if it's Widcomm/Broadcom, then, ti does; if it's a newer PPC phone with the MS BT stack, you'll need a hack I've described on my blog). Then, thru PAN, you'll see the shared directories as attached dirs. If you don't have PAN and/or the MS PAN hack doesn't work, then, use ActiveSync over BT and an FTP server on the desktop and an FTP client on the client (this will only work with WM5). It's not as seamless as just mapping a network drive, but works.  Signature-- Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine) at http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ - you will definitely like it. >I wonder if there's a way to browse a PC from a Pocket PC > like you do when you're connected with a wireless card [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I just want to do exactly the contrary but I have only Bluetooth > and not a wireless card. To expand on Werner's info... While you can't browse for PC's on the network, you can connect to any PC using pocket file explorer, then browse that pc's file shares which are available with the logon information you used. in pocket file explorer, select "open" and enter the exact windows computer name for the pc you want to connect to... i.e. \\mydesktoppc Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices] |
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