Windows 2000 : Direct Cable Connection to Win95/98

for additional information:
See Parallel Technologies' Web Site for detailed information on Windows 2000
to Windows 95/98/ME DirectParallel^® DCC connections:
There are some very helpful Step-By-Step Setup Instructions for setting up
DirectParallel^® Direct Cable Connection (DCC) on Windows 95/98/2000/ME:

After defining the Direct Cable connection, we are ready to make the connection:

	From the Dial-Up Connection window, double-click your connection.
	In the Connection Dialog, it does not matter, which username you defined on connecting to a Windows95/98/ME system (because these systems have anyway no User database), you can use any name. However: the Password must match the password defined on the Windows95/98/ME DCC-host: either nothing or the password defined.
	You should see very quickly the "verification of username and password"
	However, if you get the Error 721, then either the Direct Connection cable is not connected or the DCC host is not running.
	if you get this, than you have not been able to connect due to a mismatch of username (which does NOT matter on connecting to a Windows95/98 system) and the password, which must match the password defined or NOT defined for the DCC host
	You also need to make a change to the "Security" settings of your connection (according to the Microsoft Knowledge base article Q258299): Select "Advanced (custom settings)" and then click on the button "Settings"
	Activate to "Allow older MS-CHAP version for Windows95 server", then OK.
	You will have to agree with "YES" to use this.

	Once you passed the security check, your system is registered on the network.
	And then you should be connected with the icon in your taskbar.
	Double-click the icon in the taskbar to display the Connection status, showing the amount of data transferred and allowing you to disconnect.
	Select the tab: "Details" to view the connection details, like the IP-addresses assigned to both the DCC host and the DCC Client. This information is very helpful: On my system, the connection is terminated after a short time, if there is no data transfer. On the connection from Windows95/98 to Windows2000, there is a similar problem, where Microsoft suggest in Q261276 to create a constant flow of data by using a repeating PING command.
	I open a Windows 2000 "Command Prompt" window and run the command: "PING <dcc-host IP-address> -t", where you get the DCC-host IP-address from the Details report above. The option '-t' keeps the PING command running until aborted with Cntrl-C.

	Now that you have a connection, you like to access the data on the other system:
	Use the "My Network Places" on your desktop, then select "Computers near Me". Note the information at the bottom of the window: "displays computers in your workgroup": The workgroup name on both the DCC host and Client MUST be the same ! Now, be patient, it can take a MINUTE before you get an answer.
	If you get this error message, then you did NOT enable on the Windows95/98 DCC host system the Browse-Master (as part of the File-and-Printer Sharing).
	It should display as part of your workgroup the Windows 9x DCC host system, which you then use to display the shared resources and their content.

you terminate the DCC connection by a right-click on
the taskbar icon, then "Disconnect" or by a double-
click on the icon and using the "Disconnect" button
in the Connection status window.