Make Device Emulator connected to Internet

This a post about how we can surf the Internet on Device Emulator. I do a little summary and hope the information below is helpful.

Download the Windows Mobile SDK first, you can download the needed version SDK from Microsoft Download Center.

1. Virtual Machine Network Services

Make sure Virtual Machine Network Services is installed on your machine. If not, please install virtual PC first. If you don’t want to install VPC but still want the service, usually what I do, is to get the installation files from VPC installation program.

On device emulator, click File –> Configure… –> Network, toggle the option “Enable NE2000 PCMCIA network adapter and bind to:”. Then click OK.

Wait for a while, you can see the network connection notification appeared on Windows Mobile device emulator.

2. ActiveSync or WMDC (Windows Mobile Device Center)

I will take ActiveSync for example. Open ActiveSync, click File –> Connection Settings…. Make sure “Allow connections to one of the following:” is toggled. Select the down list with “DMA”. Then click OK.

Open Device Emulator Manager under C:\Program Files\Microsoft Device Emulator\1.0\dvcemumanager.exe, find your device emulator instance and right click your mouse. Select “Cradle” item on the context menu.

Wait until ActiveSync is connected.

3. Using Cellular Emulator

First, make device emulator and cellular emulator connected, you can refer to my post here: Make Device Emulator and Cellular Emulator connected.

Then, create a GPRS connection on device emulator. Open IE and view a website, the GPRS connection will automatically be connected.

If you have any other useful tips, please feel free to share with me. Any comment is welcome.