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How to connect 2 PCs via modem?

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by robert.kulig

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There has to be a way! I have a Win95 and WinME PC, both with modems (28k/56k). I'd like to connect both via modem and send files with FTP from the Win95 to WinME machine. I tried the DirectConnect thing with Win but failed (the Win95 machine is a relic and the serial connections don't work).
This sounds seemingly easy yet I can't find any meaningful answers on the web? Your suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

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by mphoffar

The easiest answer here is use PCanywhere to do that.

There's other options that can be a little more difficult..but will work.

If you want to FTP, One way to do this would be to use Internal IP addresses (like 192.168.X.X) across the dialupthe same way you'd do a network connection with a nic and hub. Of corase to FTP, you'd need some sort of FTP service running to handle the request. To add to this, if both of you have internet connections, you could probobly setup a small FTP client, use something to post the IP from one machine and just connect them that way.

Anthoer would be to use hyperterminal and use something like zmodem to move your files over. One person would have to be there to initiate the recieve, and of coarse you'd have to initiate the send for that to go. You could also just find a cheap BBS program to do this for you.

Good luck to you

Mark

by Former member

The cheapest way is Direct cable connection. You can connect both computers with a null modem cable that plugs into both computers' serial, parallel, or USB ports. You simply configure the Windows 9x/NT Direct Cable Connection feature (Windows\Settings\Control Panel\Add/Remove Programs\Windows Setup\Communications). Since the Win95 machine has no working serial connector use the parallel port on both machines.

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