Important Direct
Cable Connection Notes
Important
Points for DCC
This page was designed to provide some notes on
Direct Cable Connection (File-transfer) of
Win9x/ME/2000 with LAPLINK (Printer port) Cable or
Null-Modem (serial port) Cable.
I've successfully used Laplink cable to link two PCs
for FILE TRANSFER only (not playing Games), with
WIN95 and Direct Cable Connection program using the
NetBeui protocol on each computer. You can quickly
check to see if the protocol is installed by
doubleclicking on the "Network Section" in Control
Panel of your Windows operating system.
In addition to the above, you must have installed
"Client for Microsoft Networks", "File and Printer
Sharing for Microsoft Networks" and optionally the
TCP/IP protocol, which will require some
configuration. Providing a simply IP Address and
subnetmask will be enough for our purposes, the rest
of the fields can be ignored. If you would like to
allow users to access your files and printer, then
ensure both the options in "File and Print Sharing"
are selected.
Once you have completed the above steps, you should
have the following listed in the "Network Selection"
window::
-
Client for Microsoft Networks
-
TCP/IP
-
Netbeui
-
File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Once your changes are complete, Windows might prompt
you to reboot the system, so make sure all work is
saved before answering "yes"!
You should also share the Disks on both computers by
right-clicking on the selected disks installed in
your system and select the "Sharing" option that
will appear in the menu. You can access them via
your "My Computer" icon on your desktop.
After you complete these actions, you will see a
blue hand "holding" your shared drives, indicating
that the drive is shared with the rest of the
network!
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