Q: No Data connection on emulator using Windows Device center 6 on win8 I am developing WinMobile 6 application using Visual Studio 8 on Windows 8.
When i cradle the emulator i dont get data on the emulator. As you can see from the image i have data connection checked in connection settings. 

Win7 used to show a phone image in Device center when i cradle an emulator; but Win8 shows a laptop image(i'm using laptop) - i dont know if this is some sign something is wrong. 
Except for not having data on the emulator everything seems to work fine. When i deploy my program it gets to the device fine. 
I tried cradling and un-cradling different emulators to get this to work per similar SO post but that did not help.
What could be wrong here? thanks in advance.

A: As you can deploy and debug apps from VS using the established connection, the connection is working in general. WMDC always sets up a TCP/IP connection, a normal (PPP) or enhanced (RNDIS) one.
In WMDC-Mobile Device Settings is a connection setup where you can switch the PASSTHRU options:
This computer is connected to:


*

*Automatic

*Work Network

*The Internet 



Often I have to switch between "Automatic" and "Internet" to get a working internet connection on the dvice thru the WMDC connection.
Now you should be able to open a web page on the device. If not, possibly a firewall setting blocks the connection. You possibly want to follow http://modernnomads.info/wiki/index.php?page=Windows+Mobile+Device+Center+Troubleshooting to troubleshoot further.
The "Allow data connections on device..." option enables the device to use another WLAN or WWAN connection and should always be ticked.
