Kolab Calendar on Smartphone

Shaw, Brian bshaw at vsvinc.com
Fri Oct 25 14:05:36 CEST 2013


 

Does that tool say why it thinks ActiveSync is not configured correctly?


On 2013-10-21 7:38 pm, flesby . wrote: 

> Hello,
> 
> thanks for the information, however it does not work on an iphone4 - gives an error message like "account information cannot be checked" That a translation since the iphone I am unsing to test talks to me in german.
> 
> If I enter the FQDN instead the device indicates it is working, but nothing happens and somehow gets stuck, I can only cancel the operation manually.
> 
> I searched a little and found this https://store.accessmylan.com/main/diagnostic-tools [9]. 
> 
> Said tool when run on Windows tells me that activesync is available in the network, but not configured correctly. 
> 
> Ideas and suggestions are welcome.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 12:33 AM, Brian Shaw <bshaw at vsvinc.com> wrote:
> 
>> 1) No, I don't use them in my environment.
>> 
>> 2) If you can connect your mobile device to your local network through the wifi then it should work. But, it won't work if your mobile device is using 3G/4G since 192.168.x.x is a private address and 3G/4G uses public addresses.
>> 
>> 3) You should just need to put in https://192.168.1.1 [1]
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>> Sent from my ASUS Pad
>> 
>> "flesby ." <ganzir at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello again
>>> 
>>> I just wanted to report back once more, since I found out that active sync
>>> is working simply be running the standard kolab setup.
>>> 
>>> As indicated here: > http://kolab.org/blog/tobru/2013/03/19/kolab-3-and-activesync [2] [5]
>> 
>>> 
>>> I get the "It works!"-Message.
>>> 
>>> Just yesterday I tried to Sync a Calendar with an Iphone4.
>>> 
>>> Here I have some questions:
>>> 
>>> 1) Are root-certificates needed in a local testing environment?
>>> 
>>> 2) Will mobile devices sync if an adress like 192.168.x.x is entered? -
>>> After all those addresses are for local use and maybe some devices "know"
>>> this and therefor do not try to establish a connection
>>>> 3) Following the guide found here: https://mykolab.com/clients/ios [3] [6] one
>> 
>>> should create an Microsoft Exchange account and using > _activesync.mykolab.com [4] [7]_ as the server.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Does this mean that for my own installation I have to enter
>>> activesync.192.168.1.1 provided that 192.168.1.1 is my local server? Or
>>> does this work differently?
>>> 
>>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 6:35 PM, flesby . <ganzir at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hello,
>>>> 
>>>> thanks for the advice. I stumbled across said page a while ago. ... Those
>>>> two apps you mentioned are they included in the kolab installation or do
>>>> I need to set the up seperately?
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Torsten Grote <grote at kolabsys.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Monday 21 October 2013 00:19:23 flesby . wrote:
>>>>>> I it possible to sync the kolab calendar with a smartphone (IOS /
>>>>> Android)
>>>>>> and if so how do I proceed?
>>>>> 
>>>>> You'll use ActiveSync or CalDAV to get your calender on your phone.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here's some client specific instructions: >>> https://mykolab.com/clients/#mobile [5] [1]
>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kind Regards,
>>>>> Torsten
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Torsten Grote, Kolab Evangelist
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kolab Systems AG, Zürich, Switzerland
>>>>> 
>>>>> e: grote at kolabsys.com >>> t: +41 43 501 66 91 [6] [2]
>>>>> w: http://kolabsys.com [7] [3]
>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> pgp: 274D 4F97 Torsten Grote
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Links:
>>> ------
>>> [1] https://mykolab.com/clients/#mobile [5]
>>> [2] tel:%2B41%2043%20501%2066%2091
>>> [3] http://kolabsys.com [7]
>>> [4] https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users [8]
>>> [5] http://kolab.org/blog/tobru/2013/03/19/kolab-3-and-activesync [2]
>>> [6] https://mykolab.com/clients/ios [3]
>>> [7] http://activesync.mykolab.com [4]
 

Links:
------
[1] https://192.168.1.1
[2] http://kolab.org/blog/tobru/2013/03/19/kolab-3-and-activesync
[3] https://mykolab.com/clients/ios
[4] http://activesync.mykolab.com
[5] https://mykolab.com/clients/#mobile
[6] tel:%2B41%2043%20501%2066%2091
[7] http://kolabsys.com
[8] https://lists.kolab.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[9] https://store.accessmylan.com/main/diagnostic-tools
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