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can I connect two computers using same phone line and transfer data btween the two....
I have laptop and a PC both having modems and run on Windows XP. I want to share data between the two computers .
Can I interconnect both using same phone line ? I don't have a network card. Is the data sharing possible by using the phone line and the modems , only?? If yes , How can I do it..??
Can I interconnect both using same phone line ? I don't have a network card. Is the data sharing possible by using the phone line and the modems , only?? If yes , How can I do it..??
Modem connections are rather slow. Even if you have a 56k modem the upload will not have more than 28k. And I can tell that a copying data with 2.5 - 3 kBytes/s is no fun.
Other ways to share data is using a serial connection or USB.
Ferrosti
Other ways to share data is using a serial connection or USB.
Ferrosti
I agree with both of these guys. Funny how patient we used to be before high speed Internet access came along. I remember watching a cursor go across the screen at 300 baud and though it was the greatest thing since sliced bread!
With files getting larger the modem idea and transfer of information can be painful. I would check out PCAnywhere and use the USB, serial (COM) or printer ports if available for the transfer.
Please keep this in mind though! By the time you spend $185.00 for PCAnywhere, you could have spent less than 150 and got 2 network cards, cables and a small hub. Have a true network. Something to think about.
Wallew
With files getting larger the modem idea and transfer of information can be painful. I would check out PCAnywhere and use the USB, serial (COM) or printer ports if available for the transfer.
Please keep this in mind though! By the time you spend $185.00 for PCAnywhere, you could have spent less than 150 and got 2 network cards, cables and a small hub. Have a true network. Something to think about.
Wallew
Here is a Microsoft KB article on making a direct cable connection with XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310576&Product=winxp
-Marc
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310576&Product=winxp
-Marc
You will need to setup dialup network to setup what you have inmind.
First of all the PCs need to be in the same workgroup.
Right click my computer
Select the Computer tab
Click on the Change button
Make the workgroup the same on both computers
Right click network places
Click Create new connection->Next->Connect to the network at my network->Dialup connection
Enter Company name
Click next
Enter the phone number you want to dial (This should be the extention the other PC will be connected to)
Click Next
next Again
Then click finish
On the second PC do the following
Right click network places
Click Create new connection->Next->Setup an Advanced Connection->Accept incoming connections
Click next
Check the Modem you wan to use
Click next
Click Next Again
Select the users you want to allow to dial in (Remember this username and password, will be used to dial in)
next
next
Finish
Right click on Incoming connections in network places
Select the Networking Tab
Double click on TCP/IP
Click Specify TCP IP Addresses
Enter: 192.168.1.1 for the from entry and 192.168.1.10 for the To entry.
Go to the first PC and double click the connection you created in network places.
Login with the username and pass you entered in the second PC
You should See the second PC when you double click network neighbourhood.
To share a folder to be seen on the other PC.
Right click any folder
And click on sharing and security
Click on share this folder
First of all the PCs need to be in the same workgroup.
Right click my computer
Select the Computer tab
Click on the Change button
Make the workgroup the same on both computers
Right click network places
Click Create new connection->Next->Connect to the network at my network->Dialup connection
Enter Company name
Click next
Enter the phone number you want to dial (This should be the extention the other PC will be connected to)
Click Next
next Again
Then click finish
On the second PC do the following
Right click network places
Click Create new connection->Next->Setup an Advanced Connection->Accept incoming connections
Click next
Check the Modem you wan to use
Click next
Click Next Again
Select the users you want to allow to dial in (Remember this username and password, will be used to dial in)
next
next
Finish
Right click on Incoming connections in network places
Select the Networking Tab
Double click on TCP/IP
Click Specify TCP IP Addresses
Enter: 192.168.1.1 for the from entry and 192.168.1.10 for the To entry.
Go to the first PC and double click the connection you created in network places.
Login with the username and pass you entered in the second PC
You should See the second PC when you double click network neighbourhood.
To share a folder to be seen on the other PC.
Right click any folder
And click on sharing and security
Click on share this folder
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I think there is some confusion.... PennGwyn understood it...I have only one phone line and have connected both the computers with it. Now is there any way to connect and share files between the two without using.....internet , LAN card , blue tooth adapters..
Wallew , How can I use printer cable to share data??
All of u please give ur answers in details, I am not too good at understanding few of ur Hi-Fi terms !!
Wallew , How can I use printer cable to share data??
All of u please give ur answers in details, I am not too good at understanding few of ur Hi-Fi terms !!
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In other words, get the pocket book out. Do they even sell cross-over cables? I have always made my own.
Wallew
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thankyou all !!!!!
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An alternative is if you have a dial-up account with an ISP, dial them both in and setup FTP on the one you want to transfer to and record the IP address of it, then hit it from your other one.
It will be slow but it will work.
Kent