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markpoyser
I have configured and connected an XP to W2K machine with a serial
cable (null modem). W2K is where client ("Guest") connects to XP.
Both machines show Status=connected
Now what? I don't see the XP in Network Places, but then, should I?
This is not on a network, it's a direct connect.
Also, somewhere I was told to go on the XP (host) machine to Incoming
Connection Properties and under the Networking tab to set Properties
for the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) so that Network Access is set to
"allow callers" and also to set a range of TCP/IP addresses. Which I
have done.
MINI RANT: I thought that all you had to do was get the connection
established and then, since this is an explicit Direct Connection, that
the host computer would be visible right in Windows Explorer. There's
already My Computer, and I expected another item to show up (like
"Other Computer"). But apparently that easy to use concept is not
what's happening.
Anyway, back to the problem at hand. I'm getting the impression that
the Direct Connection is similar to dialouts to ISPs. With dialout via
modem, the result is a fake-out, there is no dialout connection that
the user sees, but rather the dialout is a *means* to get the computer
to 'really' be in TCP/IP land, in this case on the Internet.
Is that what Direct Connect is as well? Not a direct connection that
can be seen as such, but something one configures and then invokes,
resulting in some sort of network presence?
If so, where is it? When I click on My Network Places as client, all I
see is another PC on my router (which is always there and part of my
LAN and not the PC I've direct connected to).
Where's the host that I've established a direct connection to?
Any help most appreciated. BTW, I've looked at some of the Internet
sites that address direct connection, but all they do is tell the user
how to establish the connection, not what to do after that.
cable (null modem). W2K is where client ("Guest") connects to XP.
Both machines show Status=connected
Now what? I don't see the XP in Network Places, but then, should I?
This is not on a network, it's a direct connect.
Also, somewhere I was told to go on the XP (host) machine to Incoming
Connection Properties and under the Networking tab to set Properties
for the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) so that Network Access is set to
"allow callers" and also to set a range of TCP/IP addresses. Which I
have done.
MINI RANT: I thought that all you had to do was get the connection
established and then, since this is an explicit Direct Connection, that
the host computer would be visible right in Windows Explorer. There's
already My Computer, and I expected another item to show up (like
"Other Computer"). But apparently that easy to use concept is not
what's happening.
Anyway, back to the problem at hand. I'm getting the impression that
the Direct Connection is similar to dialouts to ISPs. With dialout via
modem, the result is a fake-out, there is no dialout connection that
the user sees, but rather the dialout is a *means* to get the computer
to 'really' be in TCP/IP land, in this case on the Internet.
Is that what Direct Connect is as well? Not a direct connection that
can be seen as such, but something one configures and then invokes,
resulting in some sort of network presence?
If so, where is it? When I click on My Network Places as client, all I
see is another PC on my router (which is always there and part of my
LAN and not the PC I've direct connected to).
Where's the host that I've established a direct connection to?
Any help most appreciated. BTW, I've looked at some of the Internet
sites that address direct connection, but all they do is tell the user
how to establish the connection, not what to do after that.