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On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:04:02 +1000, "Marsh"
<mtwilk@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

:I've just got a laptop and tried to set it up for DCC with my desktop. I am
:able to connect the two computers via the LPT1 ports, the username and
:passwords are verified, and the guest (laptop) says "Looking for shared
:files." It then says it can't find any (although I've enabled it on the
:host) and asks me to enter the host's name. I do this and it then says
:"Cannot find the host computer".
:
:What am I doing wrong?

The Network Neighborhood icon must be on the desktops, at least on
the Guest.
A Laplink (data transfer) type cable must be used, printer and
null modem cables don't work on the printer port.
Use the same workgroup name for both but a different computer
name. I use OEM1 and OEM2 for computer names.

How to setup Direct Cable Connection using Printer Ports.
http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/directcc.htm

Regards,

Bill Watt Sr. 
Computer Help and Tips  http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
Remove X in From Address to reply. Spam is getting to me.

I got this problem too.
What helps to me often is search for a computer (start->find->computers)
If it doesn't appears in the first time, it appear in the second or third time
on my computer.

greetz Lieuwe

Marsh wrote:

> I've just got a laptop and tried to set it up for DCC with my desktop. I am
> able to connect the two computers via the LPT1 ports, the username and
> passwords are verified, and the guest (laptop) says "Looking for shared
> files." It then says it can't find any (although I've enabled it on the
> host) and asks me to enter the host's name. I do this and it then says
> "Cannot find the host computer".
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> --
> Marshall Wilkinson
> mtwilk@ozemail.com.au
> ----------------------------------------------------------------

Marsh <mtwilk@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:NuWq5.3708$cr3.133880@ozemail.com.au...

> I've just got a laptop and tried to set it up for DCC with my desktop.
> I am able to connect the two computers via the LPT1 ports, the
> username and passwords are verified, and the guest (laptop)
> says "Looking for shared files." It then says it can't find any
> (although I've enabled it on the host) and asks me to enter the
> host's name. I do this and it then says "Cannot find the host computer".

> What am I doing wrong?

DCC can be just plain twitchy like that.

Try setting up a folder or drive for sharing. There should be an option to
enable it in the right-click menu.

Bill Watt Sr. <Xbwatt@epix.net> wrote in message
news:b0joqssd38dpq1fl9kmu3dbc7hlt3vtjms@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:04:02 +1000, "Marsh"
> <mtwilk@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> :I've just got a laptop and tried to set it up for DCC with my desktop. I
am
> :able to connect the two computers via the LPT1 ports, the username and
> :passwords are verified, and the guest (laptop) says "Looking for shared
> :files." It then says it can't find any (although I've enabled it on the
> :host) and asks me to enter the host's name. I do this and it then says
> :"Cannot find the host computer".
> :
> :What am I doing wrong?
>
> The Network Neighborhood icon must be on the desktops, at least on
> the Guest.
> A Laplink (data transfer) type cable must be used, printer and
> null modem cables don't work on the printer port.
> Use the same workgroup name for both but a different computer
> name. I use OEM1 and OEM2 for computer names.
>
> How to setup Direct Cable Connection using Printer Ports.
> http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/directcc.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt Sr.
> Computer Help and Tips  http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
> Remove X in From Address to reply. Spam is getting to me.
>

Thanks for the suggestions.

I checked out the web page below and I didn't have the same protocols on
each computer. Now everything is cool.

--
Marshall Wilkinson
mtwilk@ozemail.com.au
----------------------------------------------------------------

"Bill Watt Sr." <Xbwatt@epix.net> wrote in message
news:b0joqssd38dpq1fl9kmu3dbc7hlt3vtjms@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:04:02 +1000, "Marsh"
> <mtwilk@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
>
> :I've just got a laptop and tried to set it up for DCC with my desktop. I
am
> :able to connect the two computers via the LPT1 ports, the username and
> :passwords are verified, and the guest (laptop) says "Looking for shared
> :files." It then says it can't find any (although I've enabled it on the
> :host) and asks me to enter the host's name. I do this and it then says
> :"Cannot find the host computer".
> :
> :What am I doing wrong?
>
> The Network Neighborhood icon must be on the desktops, at least on
> the Guest.
> A Laplink (data transfer) type cable must be used, printer and
> null modem cables don't work on the printer port.
> Use the same workgroup name for both but a different computer
> name. I use OEM1 and OEM2 for computer names.
>
> How to setup Direct Cable Connection using Printer Ports.
> http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/directcc.htm
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt Sr.
> Computer Help and Tips  http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
> Remove X in From Address to reply. Spam is getting to me.
>

DCC sometimes works and sometimes does not. With some machines it will work
parallel and not serial, and other machines it will work serial and not
parallel. I have two machines that will not communicate under threat of
death, each of which communicates enthusiastically with a third. A search of
the web leads you to suspect
that it is not a highly regarded protocol.

temp <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:2%0r5.1006$U41.79598@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Try setting up a folder or drive for sharing. There should be an option to
> enable it in the right-click menu.
>
> Bill Watt Sr. <Xbwatt@epix.net> wrote in message
> news:b0joqssd38dpq1fl9kmu3dbc7hlt3vtjms@4ax.com...
> > On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 09:04:02 +1000, "Marsh"
> > <mtwilk@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > :I've just got a laptop and tried to set it up for DCC with my desktop.
I
> am
> > :able to connect the two computers via the LPT1 ports, the username and
> > :passwords are verified, and the guest (laptop) says "Looking for shared
> > :files." It then says it can't find any (although I've enabled it on the
> > :host) and asks me to enter the host's name. I do this and it then says
> > :"Cannot find the host computer".
> > :
> > :What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > The Network Neighborhood icon must be on the desktops, at least on
> > the Guest.
> > A Laplink (data transfer) type cable must be used, printer and
> > null modem cables don't work on the printer port.
> > Use the same workgroup name for both but a different computer
> > name. I use OEM1 and OEM2 for computer names.
> >
> > How to setup Direct Cable Connection using Printer Ports.
> > http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/directcc.htm
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Bill Watt Sr.
> > Computer Help and Tips  http://home.epix.net/~bwatt/
> > Remove X in From Address to reply. Spam is getting to me.
> >
>
>