yet another question about USB RNDIS for Win CE 5 - headless device ?

Hello experts,

let's put aside all that frustration with efforts to make usb rndis to work
on the desired platform under Windows CE 5 for a moment.
I just talked to one person who has asked whether that capability of Windows
CE 5 to support USB rndis has certain other limitations ( in addition to the
troublesome steps to make it work with very mean configuration on an average
platform).
Specifically, the question was about an embedded device with usb port but
having no ui or a quite primitive ui.

In short: will usb rndis work on headless device under Windows CE 5 ? Or
somehow UI is a must ? If so, for what purpose - just to enter SSID etc -
that can be read from a file or done remotely. Or there are other underwater
rocks which I don't foresee in this case ? Still true for CE6 ?

Anyone who have done that or can shed a light on this is welcome to speak
up. Windows CE 5 documentation doesn't say much.

Thanks

Sergei R

Sergei
Thu Aug 23 11:30:20 CDT 2007

Hello again,

as no one replied, I will assume there is no answer for this question and
turn this potential project down.

Sergei R

"Sergei R" <rusakov@cyberrealm.net> wrote in message
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> Hello experts,
>
> let's put aside all that frustration with efforts to make usb rndis to
> work on the desired platform under Windows CE 5 for a moment.
> I just talked to one person who has asked whether that capability of
> Windows CE 5 to support USB rndis has certain other limitations ( in
> addition to the troublesome steps to make it work with very mean
> configuration on an average platform).
> Specifically, the question was about an embedded device with usb port but
> having no ui or a quite primitive ui.
>
> In short: will usb rndis work on headless device under Windows CE 5 ? Or
> somehow UI is a must ? If so, for what purpose - just to enter SSID etc -
> that can be read from a file or done remotely. Or there are other
> underwater rocks which I don't foresee in this case ? Still true for CE6
> ?
>
> Anyone who have done that or can shed a light on this is welcome to speak
> up. Windows CE 5 documentation doesn't say much.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sergei R
>

Dean
Thu Aug 23 15:35:12 CDT 2007

In general the netui component is used to implement many UI notifications.
Netui is a customizable component allowing you to change it as needed,
including making it compatible with the needs of your specific headless
device. I haven't tried to use rndis on a headless device (or headed for
that matter) so I can't answer the question definitively. But my assumption
would be that it should be doable. USB Rndis shouldn't be much different
from any other networking interface, and those certainly work in headless
configs.

--
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
BSQUARE Corporation


"Sergei R" <rusakov@cyberrealm.net> wrote in message
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> Hello again,
>
> as no one replied, I will assume there is no answer for this question and
> turn this potential project down.
>
> Sergei R
>
> "Sergei R" <rusakov@cyberrealm.net> wrote in message
> news:%23W9XMrS4HHA.5852@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hello experts,
>>
>> let's put aside all that frustration with efforts to make usb rndis to
>> work on the desired platform under Windows CE 5 for a moment.
>> I just talked to one person who has asked whether that capability of
>> Windows CE 5 to support USB rndis has certain other limitations ( in
>> addition to the troublesome steps to make it work with very mean
>> configuration on an average platform).
>> Specifically, the question was about an embedded device with usb port but
>> having no ui or a quite primitive ui.
>>
>> In short: will usb rndis work on headless device under Windows CE 5 ? Or
>> somehow UI is a must ? If so, for what purpose - just to enter SSID etc -
>> that can be read from a file or done remotely. Or there are other
>> underwater rocks which I don't foresee in this case ? Still true for CE6
>> ?
>>
>> Anyone who have done that or can shed a light on this is welcome to speak
>> up. Windows CE 5 documentation doesn't say much.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Sergei R
>>
>