# cingular url realport snafu **URL:** \ **Category:** Realport\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224 "2005-09-21T01:35:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![miner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@miner](https://forums.digi.com/u/miner)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/1 "2005-09-21T01:35:29Z")
I am trying to add a Digi Connect RG but RealPort Manager v 1.6 (on RedHat 8) doesn’t like the Cingular url (1…internet.mycingular.com). Says it’s not valid, presumably because it Do I need to install a newer version of RealPort Manager or is there a workaround? ---
**Author:** ![miner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@miner](https://forums.digi.com/u/miner)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/2 "2005-09-21T01:36:27Z")
…starts with a number and realport therefore expects an IP ---
**Author:** ![userid0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@userid0](https://forums.digi.com/u/userid0)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/3 "2005-09-21T11:58:44Z")
The RealPort driver is used to access the serial port on the Digi device. It creates a tty device on your Linux host similar to the built-in serial port. When installing the driver, you will want to use the unit’s local IP address (LAN) and not the Cingular network address (WAN). ---
**Author:** ![miner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@miner](https://forums.digi.com/u/miner)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:58pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/4 "2005-09-21T16:58:55Z")
Thanks, but the device is not on a LAN. Cellular only. The Cingular network address ([1phonenumber.internet.mycingular.com](http://1phonenumber.internet.mycingular.com)) is all I have to hang my hat on. Similarly I have an 802.11b digi that I would like to put on someone else’s network, but they can’t give me a static IP, only maybe a name that maps to a Dynamic IP. ---
**Author:** ![miner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@miner](https://forums.digi.com/u/miner)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/5 "2005-09-21T17:01:29Z")
Oh, do you mean I should first enter the generic IP for the digi (192.168.1.1) and enter the Cingular address somewhere else? Not sure I remember having this option… ---
**Author:** ![userid0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@userid0](https://forums.digi.com/u/userid0)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/6 "2005-09-21T18:09:32Z")
The driver does support DNS. Are you using dgrp\_gui? If so, it prompts for the IP or name. Be sure you can communicate with it from your Linux host: ping [1phonenumber.internet.mycingular.com](http://1phonenumber.internet.mycingular.com) ---
**Author:** ![miner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@miner](https://forums.digi.com/u/miner)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/7 "2005-09-21T21:06:50Z")
I will try again when almighty “Root” arrives… I am able to ping and use nslookup to get current IP. Yes, we’re using the GUI, but I could try command line if I can find that documentation. ---
**Author:** ![userid0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@userid0](https://forums.digi.com/u/userid0)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/8 "2005-09-21T21:24:56Z")
Here is the command line syntax: /usr/bin/dgrp/config/dgrp\_cfg\_node init -v -v -e never a [1phonenumber.internet.mycingular.com](http://1phonenumber.internet.mycingular.com) 1 This will give you a tty device labeled ttya00. ---
**Author:** ![miner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@miner](https://forums.digi.com/u/miner)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 11:02pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/9 "2005-09-21T23:02:57Z")
Thanks. The forum was down for a while but in the meantime we got the command line to work just fine. So the GUI (at least the one we’re running) is what is broken. Data is flowing (well, actually trickling)! ---
**Author:** ![userid0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@userid0](https://forums.digi.com/u/userid0)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 11:51am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/10 "2005-09-22T11:51:17Z")
Glad you were able to get it working. However, dgrp\_gui seems to work fine (it uses the exact same command as the CLI). Perhaps, the “id” field was being confused with “ip”? ---
**Author:** ![miner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@miner](https://forums.digi.com/u/miner)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:09pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/11 "2005-09-22T17:09:51Z")
I don’t think so–we tried the GUI again beforehand and the same thing happened. A little box popped up that said something to the effect of “that is not a valid IP”. And it wouldn’t go away. We couldn’t get to the stage of actually committing the entries. ---
**Author:** ![userid0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@userid0](https://forums.digi.com/u/userid0)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/cingular-url-realport-snafu/7224/12 "2005-09-22T17:16:43Z")
If you would like to look further into the dgrp\_gui issue, I recommend contacting Digi Tech. Support: [http://www.digi.com/support/eservice/eservicelogin.jsp](http://www.digi.com/support/eservice/eservicelogin.jsp)