DCC with OmniBook 800CT
Nick Rice
I guess this has been asked many times before but unfortunately I'm
facing a Direct Cable Connection related problem which I cannot seem
to fix.
I have a desktop running Windows XP and a laptop (an old OmniBook
800CT) running Windows 95.I'm trying to establish a DCC link between
the two with the desktop system being the host and the laptop being
the guest. However, I cannot establish a connection between the two.
The laptop (95/guest) halts at "Connecting via Parallel Cable on LPT1"
and then displays the error message "Cannot connect to host computer".
I've checked and rechecked everything from the cable to the network
settings.
Here's the host & guest system/network configuration:
(*) A "data transfer" parallel cable (25pin / male connector on both
ends)
(*) Desktop (XP/host) has been set to receive incoming connections via
Direct Parallel (LPT1). Networking setup includes: TCP/IP, NWLink
IPX/SPX/NetBios, NetBEUI (from the XP CD), File & Printer Sharing and
Client for MS Networks
(*) Laptop (95/guest) has DCC installed with Parallel cable on LPT1.
Networking setup includes: Client for MS Networks, Dial-up Adapter,
IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, NetBEUI and File & Printer Sharing. LPT is set to
LPT1 (Bidirectional) in the laptop BIOS. Its an old OmniBook 800CT
laptop but I need to transfer some important data to the XP system.
I've followed instructions from
http://www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/wxpdccin.htm (for
XP/host setup) and http://www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/dccinsta.htm
(for 95/guest setup). All the settings seem fine to me. I've even
tried two different data transfer parallel cables (both work on
another DCC setup between two Win98 systems) but nothing seems to be
working in this scenario.
Please help me to fix this DCC problem.
Thanks!