From: Allan (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed Nov 10 1999 - 19:50:47 EST
Don't know about IR, but DCC is slow as molassas. I used it
once, just to see what it is all about, and shudder to remember
the crawling pace.
I think I'd just add a modem to the other machine, and use a 2nd
line to RAS into it.
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 11:33:38 -1000, David Ross wrote:
>> Actually, the Direct Cable Connection is part of Dial-Up Networking, so if
>
>At the risk of inserting needless confusion, it should be noted that another way of
connecting
>W95 machines across an IR link is to create 'virtual' modems on the IR ports (a fellow
named Kevin Wells has created an .inf file
>for this purpose), then run Dial-Up Networking Server on one machine
>using this port, and Dial-Up Networking on the other. That way one doesn't need to
fuss with
>some of the peculiarities of DCC (for example, that different builds sometimes won't
communicate).
>
>- David R.
>
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