Connect WM5 emulator to the network
Windows Mobile is not so easy with setting up a network connections. Recently I tried to use the Windows Mobile 5 emulator that ships with Visual Studio 2005. A .NET Compact Framework application on this device has to connect to a ASP.NET web service that runs on my desktop machine. For this, I needed a TCP/IP network connection between the emulated device and my host machine. This is possible, but requires some special steps.
This are the steps I performed to setup the connection:
- Download and Install Virtual PC 2007. This installs a network component which is necessary for the emulator to access the network;
- Start the Pocket PC emulator with Windows Mobile;
- Click File, Configure...;
- Switch to the Network tab;
- Check the Enable NE2000 PCMCIA network adapter and bind to checkbox and select your network adapter from the list;
- Click OK;
Note: If you didn't install Virtual PC 2007 you might receive an error message.
- In Windows Mobile, Tap Start, Settings;
- Switch to the Connections tab;
- Tap the Network cards;
- Below 'My network card connects to', select The Internet;
- Tap ok;
- In the Settings window, tap Connections;
- Switch to the Advanced tab;
- Tap the Select Networks button;
- Select two times My Work Network;
- Tap ok;
- Soft-reset the device by clicking File, Reset, Soft
After the emulated device is booted, it should get an IP-address from your network's DHCP-server.
Hope this helps,
