SW Remote on WindowsMobile Device Using DNS

[art]

I now have a new WM6.1 Phone and I still having problems getting a SWRemote to work properly on it. It works fine with my IP address xx._._.xx but will not work with a DNS xxxx.dyndns.org. Since my IP address is not fixed I need to use a DNS service. The SWRemote I have on my desktop at my office works just fine with xxxx.dyndns.org so I know that that is not the problem per se. Anything else I should try on my phone? Anybody else on Verizon that has this working?

[roussell]

Do you know if Verizon's DNS servers are correctly resolving your Dynamic DNS address? Do you have another way to test the resolution from the phone (teathering to a pc, web browse to dyndns address, etc...)? Also maybe you could try a different Dynamic DNS provider and perhaps Verizon can resolve that. I use no-ip.com, but with AT&T so I can't test myself.

Terry

[JoelWener]

I also have the same problem, On Windows Mobile 6.5, at least the remote will only start if I put the physical IP address, it doesn't seem to accept using a DNS host name. (Housebot 3.30.2)

[art]

It seems to be coming down to some problem with the SWRemote because I can use my phone tethered to my laptop to access the internet and the SWRemote on my laptop works fine with with a DNS address xxxx.dyndns.org.

[ScottBot]

Do you see an error message about the remote not being able to resolve the dns name? If not, be sure to turn on tracing from the SWRemote configuration dialog. If the host name/address contains any non-numeric (excluding periods) values, it is considered a DNS name and should attempt the lookup.

[bcoggs]

When the phone tethered to the laptop it will be using a different DNS so that isn't a good way to verify that it is SWRemote.
I'd personally try to use some other app from your phone connecting to your _.dyndns.org over your cell provider's IP connection, such as remote desktop or http. Of course you will need to configure something to respond to that service at _.dyndns.org...

[roussell]

FWIW, I had a friend who uses Verizon try to connect to a webserver I have through a no-ip.com dynamic DNS and it worked fine. If you can't figure out anything else with dyndns then maybe no-ip.com or another service will work for you.

Terry

[JoelWener]

Yes I get the error message that [][][][][][][][][] cannot be found. When I enter the IP of the dns address, works okay. I tried the dns address in browser, and it correctly looks up the ip for the dns address.

[art]

That is exactly the same error message that I get.

[raptor_demon]

Just thought i would chime in and say i have exacly the same issue.

I'm with verizon also running winmo 6.5 on a touch pro 2.

raptor

[parshva]

Hi Guys,
I too have the same issue. My provider is Airtel (India).
Thanks,
-Parshva