Infrared problems

[Guest]

Hi, i'm trying to create an iinfrared network from a desktop PC to a laptop.
The laptop has infrared, which I had to install by hitting F2 when it started
up, but the desktop did not have infrared, so i bought an adaptor that
connects to the serial port. How do I know if the desktop model can run
infrared? The box of the adaptor didn't say it required anything special to
run... I used xp hardware wizard to setup the infrared devices, and the
wizard to set up a network, but when I try to connect to my desktop from
laptop, etc, it says Error 769: The specified destination is not reachable

 

[peter]

IrDA ports support roughly the same transmission rates as traditional parallel
ports. The only restrictions on their use is that the two devices must be within
a few feet of each other and there must be a clear line of sight between them.

peter