DCC with WinXP host and Win95 guest

[Nick Rice]

Hi,

I guess this has been asked many times before but unfortunately I'm
facing a Direct Cable Connection related problem which I cannot seem
to fix.

I have a desktop running Windows XP and a laptop running Windows 95.
I'm trying to establish a DCC link between the two with the desktop
system being the host and the laptop being the guest. However, I
cannot establish a connection between the two. The laptop (95/guest)
halts at "Connecting via Parallel Cable on LPT1" and then displays the
error message "Cannot connect to host computer". I've check and
rechecked everything from the cable to the network settings.

Here's the host & guest system/network configuration:

(*) A "data transfer" parallel cable (25pin / male connector on both
ends)

(*) Desktop (XP/host) has been set to receive incoming connections via
Direct Parallel (LPT1). Networking setup includes: TCP/IP, NWLink
IPX/SPX/NetBios, NetBEUI (from the XP CD), File & Printer Sharing and
Client for MS Networks

(*) Laptop (95/guest) has DCC installed with Parallel cable on LPT1.
Networking setup includes: Client for MS Networks, Dial-up Adapter,
IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, NetBEUI and File & Printer Sharing. LPT is set to
LPT1 (Bidirectional) in the laptop BIOS. Its an old OmniBook 800CT
laptop but I need to transfer some important data to the XP system.

I've followed instructions from
http://www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/wxpdccin.htm (for
XP/host setup) and http://www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/dccinsta.htm
(for 95/guest setup). All the settings seem fine to me. I've even
tried two different data transfer parallel cables (both work on
another DCC setup between two Win98 systems) but nothing seems to be
working in this scenario.

Please help me to fix this DCC problem.

Thanks!

 

[here_and_there]

Hi,

I guess this has been asked many times before but unfortunately I'm
facing a Direct Cable Connection related problem which I cannot seem
to fix.

I have a desktop running Windows XP and a laptop running Windows 95.
I'm trying to establish a DCC link between the two with the desktop
system being the host and the laptop being the guest. However, I
cannot establish a connection between the two. The laptop (95/guest)
halts at "Connecting via Parallel Cable on LPT1" and then displays the
error message "Cannot connect to host computer". I've check and
rechecked everything from the cable to the network settings.

Here's the host & guest system/network configuration:

(*) A "data transfer" parallel cable (25pin / male connector on both
ends)

(*) Desktop (XP/host) has been set to receive incoming connections via
Direct Parallel (LPT1). Networking setup includes: TCP/IP, NWLink
IPX/SPX/NetBios, NetBEUI (from the XP CD), File & Printer Sharing and
Client for MS Networks

(*) Laptop (95/guest) has DCC installed with Parallel cable on LPT1.
Networking setup includes: Client for MS Networks, Dial-up Adapter,
IPX/SPX, TCP/IP, NetBEUI and File & Printer Sharing. LPT is set to
LPT1 (Bidirectional) in the laptop BIOS. Its an old OmniBook 800CT
laptop but I need to transfer some important data to the XP system.

I've followed instructions from
http://www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/wxpdccin.htm (for
XP/host setup) and http://www.lpt.com/windowsnetworking/regusers/dccinsta.htm
(for 95/guest setup). All the settings seem fine to me. I've even
tried two different data transfer parallel cables (both work on
another DCC setup between two Win98 systems) but nothing seems to be
working in this scenario.

Please help me to fix this DCC problem.

Thanks!

Try this - found by Google search
http://www.wown.info/j_helmig/wxpdcc9i.htm

 

[sqr]

Have you turned the firewall off on the connection from the xp box?

Is the workgroup the same on both machines?

 

[Nick Rice]

Thanks. I've checked the page but it doesn't talk about the problem
I'm facing. I can't even get the two machines to handshake.

 

[Nick Rice]

Thanks for your reply. There's no firewall setting for incoming
connections so I don't think that the firewall can be enabled/disabled
for a DCC host on Windows XP. The guest and the host have different
computer names but the same workgroup name.

Any clues what I'm missing?!?!

 

[here_and_there]

Thanks. I've checked the page but it doesn't talk about the problem
I'm facing. I can't even get the two machines to handshake.

One thought - is the laptop setup for bidirectional transfers on the
parallel port? Go to BIOS setup for the laptop and check there.

 

[Nick Rice]

The LPT (LPT1) port is set to bidirectional in the laptop's BIOS. The
other port type option in the BIOS is "Standard (Centronics)" which I
assume won't be compatible. The Windows 95 system information (Device
Manager) on the laptop also shows the port as an ECP Printer Port.

 

[Nick Rice]

The LPT (LPT1) port is set to bidirectional in the laptop's BIOS. The
other port type option in the BIOS is "Standard (Centronics)" which I
assume won't be compatible. The Windows 95 system information (Device
Manager) on the laptop also shows the port as an ECP Printer Port.

 

[here_and_there]

The LPT (LPT1) port is set to bidirectional in the laptop's BIOS. The
other port type option in the BIOS is "Standard (Centronics)" which I
assume won't be compatible. The Windows 95 system information (Device
Manager) on the laptop also shows the port as an ECP Printer Port.

Sorry but I'm out of ideas

 

[Haggis]

silly question ...do you have a drive or dir shared on the XP box?

 

[Nick Rice]

Yes, I do have a folder shared. I'll try sharing the entire drive as
well, to see if it works.

 

[sli]

Hi,

I have a desktop running Windows XP and a laptop running Windows 95.
I'm trying to establish a DCC link between the two with the desktop
system being the host and the laptop being the guest.

I solved a similar problem by starting over from scratch and setting up a
connection following the step by step instructions at
http://www.lpt.com/Support/DCC-SetUp/dcc-setup.htm Scroll down to XP host
to 9x guest. You can also download the instructions.