Palm M130 Handheld Instructions Manual

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To enter a password:
1.Tap the Password field.
2.Enter the password you use to log into your ISP or dial-in server.
3.Ta p  O K .  
NOTEThe Password field updates to display the word “Assigned.”
Selecting a connection
Use the Connection setting to select the method you want to use to connect to your 
ISP or dial-in server. See “Connection preferences”earlier in this chapter for 
information about creating and configuring connection settings.
To select a...

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NOTEThe Phone Setup dialog box works correctly for AT&T and Sprint long-
distance services. However, because MCI works differently, MCI customers need to 
put the calling card number in the Phone # field and the phone number in the Use 
calling card field.
To enter your server phone number:
1.Tap the Phone field.
2.Enter the phone number for your ISP or dial-in server.
3.If you need to enter a prefix or disable Call Waiting, skip to those procedures....

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To disable Call Waiting:
1.Tap the Disable call waiting check box to select it.
2.Enter the code to disable Call Waiting on the Disable call waiting line.
NOTEEach telephone company assigns a code to disable Call Waiting. Contact 
your local telephone company for the code that is appropriate for you.
3.Ta p  O K .
Using a calling card
The Use calling card field enables you to use your calling card when dialing your 
ISP or dial-in server. Keep in mind that...

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Connecting to your service
After you set your Connection and Network Preferences, establishing a connection 
to your ISP or dial-in server is easy.
NOTEIf you are connecting to an ISP, you need a third-party application, such as a 
web browser or news reader, to take advantage of this connection. For information 
about third-party applications that support TCP/IP, check the web site www.palm.com.
To establish a connection:
nTap Connect to dial the...

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To select a connection type:
1.Tap the service field.
2.Tap Details.
3.Tap the Connection type pick list and select one of the following connection 
types:
NOTEIf you are not sure, try PPP; if that doesn’t work, ask your Internet 
Service Provider or your System Administrator for the correct connection type.
Idle timeout
The Idle timeout setting defines how long your handheld waits before dropping 
the connection with your ISP or dial-in server when you switch...

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Defining primary and secondary DNS
The Domain Naming System (DNS) is a mechanism in the Internet for translating 
the names of host computers into IP addresses. When you enter a DNS number (or 
IP address), you are identifying a specific server that handles the translation 
services.
Each IP address has four sections, separated by periods. In the Details dialog box, 
you enter each section separately. Each section of an IP address is made up of a...

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To identify dynamic IP addressing:
nTap the IP Address check box to select it.
To enter a permanent IP address:
1.Tap the IP Address check box to deselect it and display a permanent IP address 
field below the check box.
2.Tap the space to the left of the first period then enter the first section of the IP 
address. 
NOTEEach section must be a number from 0 to 255.
3.Tap and enter the remaining sections of the IP address.
4.Ta p  O K .
Login scripts
A login...

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NOTEYou can also use non-ASCII and literal characters in your login script. See 
Appendix C for more information.
Creating a login script on your handheld
You can create login scripts by selecting commands from the Command pick list in 
the Login Script dialog. Some commands, such as Send, require you to supply 
additional information. Those commands have a parameter field so that you can 
add the necessary data.
To create a login script:
1.Ta p  S c r...

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4.Repeat steps 2 and 3 until the login script is complete.
5.Ta p  O K .
Wait ForTells your handheld to wait for specific characters from the TCP/IP 
server before executing the next command.
Wait For 
PromptDetects a challenge-response prompt coming from the server and 
then displays the dynamically generated challenge value. You 
then enter the challenge value into your token card, which in turn 
generates a response value for you to enter on your handheld....

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Plug-in applications
You can create plug-in applications containing script commands that extend the 
functionality of the built-in script commands. A plug-in application is a standard 
PRC application that you install on your handheld just like any other application. 
After you install the plug-in application, you can use the new script commands in 
a login script. 
nPlug-in applications have the following characteristics:
nWritten in C language...