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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:
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After defining the Direct
Cable connection, we are ready to make
the connection:
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From the Dial-Up
Connection
window, double-click your
connection. |
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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.
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You should see very quickly the
"verification of username and password" |
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However, if you get the Error 721,
then either the Direct Connection cable
is not connected or the DCC host is not
running. |
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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 |
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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"
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Activate to "Allow older MS-CHAP
version for Windows95 server", then
OK. |
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You will have to agree with "YES"
to use this. |
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Once you passed the security check,
your system is registered on the network. |
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And then you should be connected
with the icon in your taskbar. |
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Double-click the icon in the taskbar
to display the Connection status,
showing the amount of data transferred
and allowing you to disconnect.
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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. |
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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. |
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Now that you have a
connection, you like
to access the data on
the other system: |
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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. |
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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).
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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.
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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. |
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