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Installation Direct-Cable Connection
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The installation starts from the "Control-Panel",
"Add/Remove programs", tab:
"Windows Setup":

If "Dial-Up Networking" is
not yet installed and you did not select it in addition, you are
reminded, that it is required, because "Direct-Cable
Connection" is based on "Dial-Up
Networking".
If the system requests a re-boot, do it.
Then start up DCC:

Because DCC was net yet configured, we have to do it now:

You need to select, which system becomes the "Host"
(i.e. the Server, making a disk available) and which system the
"Guest" (the Client for
accessing the data on the other system). I continue here setting
up the Host:
If the "Dial-Up Networking"
was not yet configured, it will have to be done now (otherwise
you can skip a few steps):

Once the additional files are read from the CD-ROM/floppies:

But before rebooting, lets check in the "Control-Panel"
the "Network":
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The network looks EXACTLY as after
installing any other Network-adapter.
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Adjust the network to eliminate
unnecessary Clients and protocols, add on the "Host"
the "File and Printer Sharing".
( If the system has in addition an Ethernet-board or a
Modem for Dial-Up networking, additional Clients and
protocols may still be defined, but make sure, that these
4 are defined for the DCC-networking) |
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If no Ethernet board is
installed and you
like to use later the Network Neighborhood,
then you MUST now defined in the
properties
of the "File and Print Sharing"
explicitely,
that the "Browse Master"
is ENABLED
(it is NOT sufficient to leave it on
Automatic ! ) |
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make sure, that you have a name for
your system, and that the
"Workgroup" is
defined using the
SAME workgroup name on
the "Host" and "Guest".
Even more important:
The Computer name MUST BE
DIFFERENT on the "Host"
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You will be required to reboot after
configuring the "Network"
applet.
Start up again the DCC:

Define now, on which port (parallel or serial) you like to
connect your cross-over cable.

We are done on the "Host",
which is now waiting for an incoming connection from the "Guest":

Perform now the same setup on the "Guest" system, but
define its job as "Guest":

Now we are ready to actually use the DCC:
Note: there is a special setup for using
a Direct-Cable Connection to share an Internet Connection.
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