It is also possible to have XGate run on a computer running Windows. There are a wide variety of Windows laptops available, some quite inexpensive and some quite fancy.

LuckGrib is able to work with any Windows computer running XGate. To make this work, you need to:

• establish a WiFi network. Connect the device running LuckGrib, and the computer running Windows to the same network.
• configure LuckGrib to send its email requests directly to XGate
• send and receive mail using XGate in the normal way.
• retrieve the weather data from the newly received email, using the LuckGrib POP3 interface.

These steps will be described in more detail.

Establish a WiFi network.

Please read the discussion regarding Travel Routers in the iOS XGate guide. A travel router can provide a network for LuckGrib and the Windows computer to share.

WiFi network - IP Addresses

The iOS XGate guide also described how to switch a Mac running a Windows virtual machine to a static IP address. This is useful, as then the IP address for the Mac will not change each time it reboots and connects to the network. You will want to do something similar for your Windows computer. Static IP addresses are easer to work with in this scenario.

Use your favorite search engine to find a guide for how to do this with the version of Windows you are using. A search something like this should work:

• “windows static IP address”

A note on the Windows firewall

Note that if you are having a hard time getting LuckGrib to communicate with XGate, the problem may be related to the Windows firewall. See this article on how to configure the Windows firewall.

Configuring LuckGrib and XGate

For the remainder of this setup, follow the iOS XGate guide.