Softick PPP Help

This chapter describes how to setup Internet connection from Palm powered device using Softick PPP for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server with dial-up Internet access.

Reader Level: Advanced

In order to setup Internet connection from Palm powered device you will need to:

1. Disable Internet Connection Sharing (you will use NAT instead)
2. Create and Configure Demand Dial interface
3. Add Static Route
4. Install and Configure Network Address Translation

You cannot use your existing Internet Connetions from Network and Dial-up Connections.

Q: Why can't I use Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) instead?

A: According to Microsoft Help files, ICS can share your dial-up internet connection for one LAN interface only. Softick PPP creates additional WAN interface which cannot be used for ICS.

How to disable Internet Connection Sharing

1. Open "Network and Dial-up Connections" window.
2. Right click on your shared connection and select properties.
3. Uncheck "Share Internet Connection" and "Protect by firewall"
4. Reboot your computer.

Creating and Configuring Demand Dial interface

In order to use full featured NAT and Routing you will need to create demand dial interface for your dial-up connection instead of "Connection" in "Network and Dial-up Connections" window.

1. Open "Routing and Remote Access" To open Routing and Remote Access, click Start, point to Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Routing and Remote Access. (Warning: Windows 2000 Pro and Windows XP Home/Pro don't have this snap-in).
2. Select your computer name in tree view and click to "Configure and Enable Routing and Remote Access" in the context menu if RRAS is not installed yet.
3. Select "Routing interfaces" and click to "New demand-dial interface..." in the context menu. Demand dial wizard will start.
4. Name your new interface (in our example we will call it "Remote Router") [See Screenshot]
5. Select "Connect using a modem, ISDN adapter or other physical device" and click Next
6. Select your modem from the list and click Next.
7. Type your ISP phone number and click Next.
8. On the next page check "Route IP packets on this interface". You may check additional options such as "Send a plain text password..." or "Use scripting..." if your ISP require them.
9. On the next page fill your ISP access name and password and click Next.
10. You may set Filters to specify which network packets could initiate demand dial.

Add Static Route

We need to tell Router to set default gateway to our newly created interface. This could be done by adding a new static route.

1. Click on (ComputerName)->IP Routing->Static Routes in the tree view ("Routing and remote access" is still opened).
2. Select "New static route..." in the context menu.
3. Select your demand dial interface.
4. Set destination address and network mask as 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
5. Leave metric as "1"
6. Check "Use this route to initiate demand-dial connections" if you wish to use dial-up interface in demand dial mode.
7. Click Ok. [See Screenshot]

Install and Configure Network Address Translation (NAT)

Make sure you have disabled Internet Connection Sharing for all your dial-up connections and rebooted your computer.

1. Right click on (ComputerName)->IP Routing->General in the tree view.
2. Click "New routing protocol..."
3. Select "Network Address Translation (NAT)" and click "Ok" [See Screenshot]
4. Now "Network Address Translation (NAT)" should be added to left tree view.
5. Right click on (ComputerName)->IP Routing->Network Address Translation (NAT) and select "New Interface..."
6. Select your demand dial interface and click Ok.
7. Now we should add "Internal" interface to the NAT. Internat interface represents dial-in clients (modem users or Palm powered device in our case). This cannot be done in GUI.
   1. Open command prompt. Click Start, Click Run, Type "Cmd" and click "Ok".
   2. Type:

      C:\>netsh routing ip nat add interface internal private

   3. Close Command prompt and back to GUI. Click "Refresh" and you should see two interfaces in the NAT: "Remote Router" and "Internal"
8. Right click on (ComputerName)->IP Routing->Network Address Translation (NAT) and select "Properties"
9. On "Address Assignment" page you may enable to assign addresses using buil-in DHCP service. [See Screenshot]
10. On "Name Resolution" enable "Clients using Domain Name System (DNS)". You may also enable Demand Dial here for DNS requests. [See Screenshot]

Now you should be able to access Internet from Palm via Softick PPP.