ActiveSync with Exchange - Does it use USB Cable connection when connected?

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#16816 29-Oct-2007 14:02

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out if, when you have the ActiveSync enabled with an Exchange Server, and you have your mobile connected to you laptop via USB and the laptop is on the LAN and connected to the Network, Exchange Box, etc, will the mobile unit default to using the USB connection instead of resorting to a wireless data connection that burns up mobile data bandwidth?

I am specifically talking about the Okta Agent with WM5 configured to sync direct with the exchange server, and connected by USB cable to a laptop on the LAN with Active Sync software installed...

Appreciate any help from the tech-experts on mobiles...

Cheers & TIA

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#92899 29-Oct-2007 14:15

It will use the ActiveSync connection.

If the Exchange Server is on the same LAN make sure you have its IP address in your hosts file, otherwise it may not be reachable.

In general Windows Mobile will try always the cheaper connections first. The system has a table of "priorities and costs" that will balance this.

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#92908 29-Oct-2007 15:07

Okay Thanks Mauricio -I'll check the IP (it's in our DNS anyway so hopefully that's sufficient) - it seems to be doing it okay just wish I could easily verify the data traffic to be sure...

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#92909 29-Oct-2007 15:12

It will be ok only if your DNS resolves to its internal LAN IP address, otherwise if it resolves to the external LAN then it may cause some problems. I have added my Exchange IP address to the hosts file because it lives in the same LAN as everything else here (except the Geekzone server).

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#92920 29-Oct-2007 15:43

Thanks Mauricio,

We have the internal address in the Forward Lookup but not the Reverse Lookup Zone - will that suffice or does it need Reverse Lookup too?

Thanks,

J.