Setting up OpenZaurus to work with Windows 2000
OpenZaurus works very nicely out of the box on a Linux host machine, but getting it going at work on a Win2k machine (not Server) took a bit of digging around. Here’s the recipe.
1. enable IP forwarding (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q230082)
use regedit, set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Current Control Set?\Services\Tcpip\Parameters to 1
that’s it!
2. enable NAT (a.k.a. Internet Connection Sharing or ICS)
The following steps based on http://www.homenethelp.com/ics/ics-install-s2000.asp
- open ‘my network places’
- right-click properties on the outgoing network connection (not SL NDIS 5?, which is the Z)
- open sharing tab, and check the ’share connection’ box
- OK the message about the LAN address being reset, which it does do!! (and loses contact with the Z)
- on the Z go to settings -> network -> Ethernet (usbd0) -> configure and select DHCP
- eject the zaurus and re-dock, it should come up with a new IP on the usbd0 interface, granted by dhcp, and be able to ping by ip address, and by name, as the DNS server is set by DHCP too!