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Dialup Connections
for Windows:
You've got Win'95, Win'98 or Win NT and
you want to connect to another PC over the telephone
network.
Each PC will need a modem and its
software installed.
Each PC will need the TCP-IP and/ or IPX/ SPX protocols
installed.
Check out on your PC ( start/ control
panel/ network/ install/ protocol/ Microsoft ) and you'll
find the 3 main protocols TCP/IP, IPX/SPX and NETBEUI.
A bit of history ( 5 years ago :-)
In the good old days of Win'95 a dialup
connection between 2 PCs needed NETBEUI and IPX/SPX
installed to give remote disk and directory access and
program communication.
Win'95 Plus gave us auto-answer and PC dialup networking
using the IPX/ SPX protocol became available.
The next big change was the arrival of
Internet and its protocol TCP/IP. A very flexible
protocol. The drawback though is that over a dialup link
you need one end to be the server so that it can allocate
a TCP/IP address to the client end.
No problem with Internet, the ISP allocates you a new
address from its available range every time you log in.
So now we want to use TCP/IP between our
own PCs and we're not on Internet. This was solved first
on Win NT using "WINS". With "WINS"
you view the Win NT PC as the server, and you dial in to
it from your Win'95 PC. Has a client/ server feel to it.
The problem still was that we couldn't use TCP/IP
directly between our 2 Win'95 PCs.
Enter Win'98. It has a capability to
issue TCP/IP addresses both for Dialup and LAN
connections, and is recommended for networks typically up
to 7 machines.
So if you want to do dialup TCP/IP
between 2 PCs and let either be the server that you dial
in to - get Win'98.
So I've got Win'98 - what do I do
now?:
Go to "start/ control panel/
network/". Make sure you have the Dialup Adapter and
the TCP/IP protocol installed. If you want to use remote
directories then make sure the NETBEUI protocol is
installed as well. Don't worry about the settings for the
protocols, they're usually correct.
Install your modem. ( start/ control
panel/modem)
Setting your machine to be the
auto-answer server......
Open the workplace/ dialup connections
folder. Click the Menu Connections/ Server and select
which modem you want the server to answer on. Set the
server type to "PPP, Internet, Windows NT Server,
Windows 98". You can leave software compression and
encoded password activated.
Setting your machine to be the dial in
client......
Open the "workplace/ dialup
connections" folder.
If you don't have any connections yet select "New
Connection". Select a modem and enter the telephone
number of the server. Set the server type to "PPP,
Internet, Windows NT Server, Windows 98".
You can leave software compression and encoded password
activated.
Activate the NetBEUI and TCP/IP protocols.
On the TCP/IP setup go to "Server
provided IP address" and "Server provided
server address". Activate "IP header
compression" and "Use Standard Gateway".
Time to connect...
Does the client dial ? If not check the
modem settings.
Look in Dial-up networking. Have you set
up a dial-up link to the other PC?
Does the Server line ring? If not, got
the right number?
Does the Server answer? If not, is the
server auto answer enabled?
The server answers but drops out again.
Check the password.
OK? then check the protocols are set right for both
sides.
( Or can I dial into a Win'95 PC using a
modem. :-)))))
Yes. On the "Server" install Win'95 Plus and
the protocol Microsoft version of IPX/ SPX. Run Minicom
and check out with Help /Network help the IPX/ SPX
network node and number.
On the dial in machine
"client", make sure the IPX/ SPX protocol is
installed and that the network node is the same as the
Win'95 server.
!!! If you're trying to dial into a
Win'95 server from a Win2000 PC and can't get the
connection. Check the DialUp Link for the Win'95 PC, in
Security, Advanced, make sure the "Use older Chaps
for Win'95 Servers" is set on. !!!
Want to learn more about TCP/IP and
Win... setup - check out these links
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