Serial-tcp/ip networking??

[Barry_Gibb]

No, I'm not crazy :O) Actually, I have a laptop without a network card... The only thing I have is a serial cable, and I'd like to access my network through another PC with that cable. I know, it'd be slow as hell, but I tought it may be possible to do things like sharing my internet connection that way.

Please, any info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[Guest]

It is possible to do data transfers, but i dont know about TCP/IP. The hardest part is finding software to do it. Most of the things i herd using the serial port were digital cameras.

Another thing, for long term use or large data transfers, the data loss and overall instability makes it even to ghetto for me to use, and i am the king gheto machines.

 

[Guest]

You can try setting up direct cable connection and binding TCP/IP to it, because DCC looks to Windows like just another network card, but I have to admit I haven't tried it (and probably not many others have either). It's an interesting idea and the there's nothing wrong with the theory behind it, other than speed.

Give it a shot, but don't expect any miracles.

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Dave Farquhar
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[Barry_Gibb]

Well, DCC is only for data transfer as far as I know. But by "binding tcp/ip" to it, do you mean to add it as a kind of network component just like any network card? I can't find something about serial or COM ports in Windows network drivers list. By the way, I'm using Windows 95, but I can upgrade to 98, Me or even 2000 if necessary.

As for the software, there are many TCP to serial or vice-versa softwares. I've tried some of them, but I can't get them to work correctly. Maybe someone can help me with these though. I think the best one is TCP/COM, found at http://www.taltech.com/p_tcpcom.htm and it's certainly not worth 259$ for nothing :O)

Thanks again, and sorry for my bad English...

 

[Guest]

It's literally been years since I set it up, but as I recall, DCC just goes through the dial-up adapter, so if you bind TCP/IP to the dial-up adapter and give each PC a private IP address (192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.2 would be safe) on that binding, it may work. I'd try it out on a couple of my PCs but I don't have a serial null-modem cable anymore.

And your English is better than that of a lot of Americans, and light years ahead of my Spanish (the only foreign language I speak).

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Dave Farquhar
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[Barry_Gibb]

Well, that's what I can't do: put DCC, or anything com/serial related as a dial-up adapter or as a network card. Wouldn't it be easier in Win98, Me or 2000?

Oh, and your spanish is probably better than mine, I only know the numbers :O)

 

[Guest]

I'll have to look at one of my setups and see if I can figure it out again.

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[Barry_Gibb]

Thanks, and take your time, I'm not in a hurry :O)