I already have this post on the General Hardware forum but maybe you guys could help me out some.
So direct connections are basically the only problems I consistently have with computers. I've got two desktops right now (one with WinXP and the other with Win2k) and I'm trying to connect them directly with a cable through the LPT1 printer ports. Anyway, so I set up the Win2k computer as a guest and the other as a host and set them both to communicate through the LPT1 printer ports, connect the parallel cable and try it but it doesn't work out...says that the host computer isn't responding.
So now I'm wondering whether I need a null-modem cable to go through the serial ports (I'd much rather go parallel-port style but whatever I guess...just don't wanna take a day to transfer a CD's worth of data). I know that all the ports work (I've used them regularly) and the cable also works, but it's just a male-male parallel cable, nothing special. Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions as far as direct connections go and what I might be doing wrong? Maybe a site link that explains the stuff better than the Microsoft help stuff?
Thanks guys,
NSX
So direct connections are basically the only problems I consistently have with computers. I've got two desktops right now (one with WinXP and the other with Win2k) and I'm trying to connect them directly with a cable through the LPT1 printer ports. Anyway, so I set up the Win2k computer as a guest and the other as a host and set them both to communicate through the LPT1 printer ports, connect the parallel cable and try it but it doesn't work out...says that the host computer isn't responding.
So now I'm wondering whether I need a null-modem cable to go through the serial ports (I'd much rather go parallel-port style but whatever I guess...just don't wanna take a day to transfer a CD's worth of data). I know that all the ports work (I've used them regularly) and the cable also works, but it's just a male-male parallel cable, nothing special. Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions as far as direct connections go and what I might be doing wrong? Maybe a site link that explains the stuff better than the Microsoft help stuff?
Thanks guys,
NSX