Direct Cable Connection 1

[Mighty]

Can anyone tell me how to set up Direct Cable Communication on Windows NT4. I know that it is available on Win2k and Windows 98. Surely there has to be something similar on NT. Mighty

 

[wolluf]

This page is for NT to win9x/ME DCC, so if its NT to NT just do the NT bit twice -

http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/dccnt4.htm

 

[Mighty]

Thanks Wolluf - unfortunately I had just bought a parallel cable and it turns out that NT will only allow serial connections. Mighty

 

[PeteH2]

What do you want to use it for ?

If it's just for file transfer:
Serial file transfer software and a simple serial cable will do the trick. Dont pay good money for one, make it yourself: A simple cable can be made with a 25 way D connector, pins 2 & 3 crossed and 7 straight through. Alternativley, look at the Misc section of

http://www.robvanderwoude.com/

for the full duplex version.

If it's for networking / file sharing etc, I've not come across anyone that's done it successfully.

HTH


Pete H

 

[dburnham]

I have made a connection from an XP system to a 98 system. The connection is active. How do I see the files on either system to transfer from one to another<

David

 

[jmr9999]

If you have NIC's on both machines, configure the IP's appropriately, and put them in the same network segement. Connect them with a crossover cable, and set them in the same workgroup.

 

[dburnham]

That is what I had hoped to do to begin with. However, the laptop does not have a NIC card.

Thanks.

David