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by mheuvel

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What is the best way to communicate between 2 PC's, not using the paralel port option at 9600 bps. Speed needs to be higher, not using the LAN but a port to port option.

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by it bloke

If you don't have network cards in your PCs you could use a version of Laplink. This enables a serial connection between the PCs via the COM ports.

Personally my choice would to buy 2 100BaseTx NICs for your PCs plus 1 cross cable - it's much cheaper and more effective.

Simply install the cards, set an IP address on each PC within the same subnet and stick a CAT5 cross cable between the ports. You will get a transfer rate between the 2 PCs of 100Mbps.

by mheuvel

Whenever I thy to connect 2 parallel port on different machines the only option is at 9600 bps. How do I increase speed?

by thechas

The next fastest below a LAN would be a fire-wire, or USB link.

The USB transfer cable costs around $20.

You don't need a LAN to network 2 PCs.
Just install the NICs, and run a crossover cable between the 2.

There is one other 10MHz option, Phone Line Networking.
Check out www.homepna.org

Chas

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