• Using a LAN or WLAN card, it should 'just work'
  
  If your Zaurus is connected to your LAN via an ethernet CF card or a Wireless card, you should have access to the PCs on your LAN and the Internet, beyond. This is assuming your Zaurus is configured properly (e.g., you've provided a DNS server for it to use, so you can access websites using their domain names, rather than IP address), etc.
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.08
  
  
• Using the cradle and a Windows desktop...
  
  ...
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.08
  
  
• Using the cradle and a Linux desktop...
  
  ... See the 'Zaurus Ethernet over USB under Linux HOWTO
  
  Source: Charles-Edouard Ruault
  
  Last updated: 2002.Aug.30

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• Convert desktop Opera to Zaurus Opera using Perl
  
  There's a Perl script which you can run on your Zaurus (and possibly on a desktop) which will convert Opera for Windows' bookmarks to Opera for Zaurus' format.
  
  Source: John Mayson
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.15
  
  
• Converting them yourself
  
  Opera on the Zaurus uses a simplified bookmark system, and stores its bookmarks in pairs of lines; one the name of the bookmark, the other the URL. For example:
  
  

  Yahoo!

http://www.yahoo.com/

Google Search

http://www.google.com/

  
  
  (This file is "/home/root/.opera/bookmarks.dat" on the Zaurus.)
  
  Opera on the desktop uses a slightly more complicated, but also plaintext, bookmark system. Netscape uses an HTML format.
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.15

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• in.telnetd isn't installed by default
  
  The default Sharp ROMs don't come with a telnet daemon. ...
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.06
  
  
• Telnet is disabled by default
  
  Either using the "vi" editor on the Zaurus through the , or by downloading the file via FTP and editing on your desktop, you'll want to edit the file "/etc/inetd.conf" on the Zaurus.
  
  Find the line that looks like this:
  
  

  #telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/in.telnetd

  
  
  ... and remove the "#" (comment) at the beginning of the line.
  
  Finally, restart the "inetd" daemon by running this command:
  
  

  killall -HUP inetd

  
  
  Source: Jim Murff
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.01

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• Add "ttya0" through "ttya7" to /etc/securetty
  
  By default, most Unix systems do NOT allow root to connect to the system on anything but the physical terminal.
  
  Similarly to the above, you'll need to edit the file "/etc/securetty" on your Zaurus. In this case, you'll want to add seven lines, "ttya1" through "ttya7".
  
  Source: Brian F. Morgan, Peter W. Borders, Paul Flinders, Benjamin Meyer
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.17

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• Install the OpenSSH package
  
  ... Once installed, you must generate some host keys, by running the following command from the :
  
  ssh-keygen -b 1024 -f /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key -N ''
  
  (Note that those are two single quotes on the end.)
  
  Source: Casey Anderson
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.05

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• Only works on 5000D/5500 with 1.x/2.x Sharp ROMs or with OpenZaurus
  
  The FTP server on the 5000D/5500 Zaurus with 1.x/2.x Sharp ROMs and OpenZaurus ROMs listens to port 4242, rather than the normal port 21.
  
  With the 5500 3.x Sharp ROMs and all later devices (5600, C700, C750, C760, C860, 6000 etc) Sharp switched the sync method from FTP to Samba. So now they only have a Samba server and no FTP server, but that means you can mount your Zaurus like a Windows network drive.
  
  Source: tumnus
  
  Last updated: 2004.Apr.23

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• MGET won't work with the built-in FTP server
  
  The Qtopia FTP server running on port 4242 of the Zaurus doesn't support the 'NLST' request, which is what an FTP client's 'MGET' command uses to see what files it should download.
  
  Source: Jeffrey FOx
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.05

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• Yes
  
  SSL v2, SSL v3 and TLS v1.
  
  Source: 'RR' on zaurus-general
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.04

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• Yes, minicomm has been ported
  
  You can get it from the Zaurus Sourceforge site.
  
  To make minicomm use the serial port by default (and not present an error message about 'Configuration file not found...'), create the file "/etc/minirc.dfl" containing:
   
  
  baudrate 9600

pu bits 8

pu parity N

pr port /dev/ttyS0
  
   
  
  (that's "tty", capital 'S', zero)
  
  Source: Dax Kelson
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.06

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• Yes! Download the Konqueror/Embedded package
  
  You can install Konq/e for your Zaurus. It supports bookmarks, zoom-out (like Opera) to 20%, zoom-in to 150%, multiple pages open at once, and much more. You can get it from SourceForge.
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.06

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• Yes you can
  
  There are two driver stacks, Affix and BlueZ. Please see the Bluetooth howto for more info.
  
  Source: tumnus
  Last updated: 2003.Oct.08

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• Your server-side AIM preferences are setup with this restriction
  
  An easy way to fix this is to login to AOL's Java-based AIM Express and update your preferences there.
  
  Source: theKompany.com
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.09

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• tkcJabber is grabbing your list of buddies from the IM server.
  
  An easy way to fix this is to login to AOL's Java-based AIM Express to update your server-side buddy list.
  
  Source: theKompany.com
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.09

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• Yes, use smbmount
  
  Install the smbmount package from ZSI and read the documentation at http://www.samba.org on how to mount Windows shares with smbmount. Note that the 'mount' command on the Zaurus cannot be used to mount Windows shares with the smbfs filesystem type. You must use smbmount.
  
  Source: tumnus
  Last updated: 2003.Oct.08

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• Login via telnet or ssh, and set LOGNAME=unknown
  
  You can run programs on the Zaurus (and displayed on the Zaurus) while connected remotely (eg, via telnet or SSH), but you'll first need to set the environment variable "LOGNAME". Run this command first:
  
  export LOGNAME=unknown
  
  And then you can launch Zaurus programs like the Calendar ("datebook") or the Calculator ("calculator") from your remote session, and have them pop up on the Zaurus, as if you clicked their icon!
  
  Source: Jim Murff
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.25
  
  
• Use VNC
  
  You can use your desktop (keyboard, monitor, mouse) as if it were your Zaurus (keyboard, LCD, stylus) by running the VNC server software on the Zaurus, and a VNC client (like "xvnc" for Linux) on the desktop. Anything you do to the Zaurus' screen over VNC will happen right on the Zaurus, and vice-versa! (This is especially useful for getting the Zaurus' screen onto a projector for demonstrating Qtopia.)
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.25

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• Wapaka
  
  There's a Java-based WAP client, called Wapaka
  
  Last updated: 2002.Apr.26

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• Not yet, but try Mazingo
  
  Mazingo ('Magazines to Go') has software for Windows that will upload channels of content to the Zaurus.
  
  Source: Colin Pinkney
  
  Last updated: 2002.Jul.31
  
  
• Try SiteScooper
  
  SiteScooper is a Perl program that intelligently downloads and can convert web pages to a more readable form for handhelds. Using the "-html" option, and uploading the resulting HTML files and GIFs and JPGs to your Zaurus will let you read practically any website offline. See sitescooper.org
  
  Last updated: 2002.Jul.31

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• Disable it in /etc/inetd.conf
  
  The following line can be added to the file '/etc/inetd.conf' on the Zaurus:
  
  4242 stream tcp nowait root /bin/false false
  
  Restart Qtopia (from the 'Shutdown' app.) and then restart the "inetd" daemon by issuing the following command from within the
  
  /etc/rc.d/init.d/inet restart
  
  Qtopia shows the commandline for a second after starting, but it seems to run fine. Remove, or comment out, the line in '/etc/inetd.conf' and restart Qtopia and inetd again to reenable the Qtopia FTP server on port 4242 of the Zaurus.
  
  Source: Benjamin Meyer
  
  Last updated: 2002.Jul.25
  

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• Using the crow rom, set up two SD/MMC cards. One card has all of the work network settings, the other all home settings. You can use email and a CF card to transfer document files between the SD/MMC cards.
  
  Shutdown the Z from the console, swap cards, and turn back on. Its just like having two seperate Z's (that can't be on at the same time).
  
  Another way of thinking about it; its like swapping hard drives. One can have a Z (home setup) to play with and try new stuff, and a Z (work setup) that won't mess up by installing something that doesn't play well with others.
  
  Source: gerrynjr
  Last updated: 2003.Oct.12

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• Yes via Sharp's qtmail
  
  The built-in Sharp Email supports authenticated POP3, SMTP and basic IMAP. It works with any network connection that can be established with the Network applet, which includes WiFi, Wired Ethernet, Dialup, IrDA with a Cellphone, Bluetooth with a Cellphone.
  
  Source: tumnus
  
  Last updated: 2003.Oct.13

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• Apply the 1.10J update
  
  This is an issue that has been corrected in the 1.10J update. The latest version as of this writing is 1.20J. This may only have affected AirH connections.
  
  Source: gerrynjr
  Last updated: 2003.Oct.31

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• Note: Only the Sharp based ROMs after the 5500 3.x Sharp ROM come with a Samba server and only connects via the cradle/USB. To get the Samba server to accept connections via any network connection, see the howto 'Samba over non-USB'
  
  
• Under MS Windows...
  
  
  1. Put your Zaurus into its cradle or connect it via the USB cable.
     
  2. Make sure you are using the USB TCP/IP method of communication in the Zaurus Manager PC app and PC Sync Zaurus app.
     
  3. On your PC, go to Start->Run and type \\ (This is the default IP address, but it might be different if you have other networking setup on your PC)
     
  4. A Windows Explorer should appear showing the 'home' share from your Zaurus.
     
  
  You can also setup a shortcut on your desktop that points to '\\'
  
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• Under Linux...
  
  1. 
     
  2. Put your Zaurus into its cradle or connect it via the USB cable.
     
  3. Run the following commands (might need root permissions):
     mkdir /mnt/zaurus
smbmount // /mnt/zaurus -o username=root
     
     Or in Konqueror, enter the URL 'smb:///'
     
  
  Source: tumnus
  Last Updated: 2004.Apr.23
  
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