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75224 2002-08-31 04:58:00 I wish to network 2 PCs using serial ports. Does anyone know of any shareware I can use? The operating systems are Win98SE and WinNT4. anthony851 (1663)
75225 2002-08-31 05:04:00 Hey anthony851,

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75226 2002-08-31 05:16:00 You will need to use Cable Connection, under Networking in Windows, its part of Windows.

You need a "null modem" serial cable (available from DSE etc.)
godfather (25)
75227 2002-08-31 06:09:00 I have a sort of answer as well as a question.

You can use winvnc (its free and widely used)
www.uk.research.att.com

to provide a "remote desktop" arrangement - you run a client at one end and it lets you control the PC remotely i.e. its more powerful than just file sharing - but I haven't tried it out yet. Its sort of like PC anywhere but free.

I am intending to network a WinXP PC and Win98 PC but don't really know what I'm doing so I'm going to try WinXP network wizard to set it all up (it creates a floppy disk in the XP PC that you take to the other PC), but I am wondering if I then won't be able to run WinVNC as well.

Graeme
Graeme (1537)
75228 2002-09-01 00:53:00 In Win98 there is Direct Cable Connection but not in Win NT4. anthony851 (1663)
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