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Hi,
for driver debugging, I've installed a serial connection over null-modem
cable from a Windows NT system to a second computer (for the first time
ever since Windows NT 3.1 setup in 1994). It works at reasonable speed.
While I've still not found a solution to establish networking for a
Windows NT 4.0 system running on a board with RTL8111/ 8168 NIC, a
null-modem cable provides some connectivity, as suggested by Bearwindows
on his "Up-to-date NT4" page BEARWINDOWS - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 [Build 1381] .
If I got things right, standard peer connects over null-modem cable only
permit to map one remote drive to a local drive (as it was the case in
old Interlnk/ Laplink days). It would be more interesting to configure
a (truly networked) peer computer as a router, which made the entire
network available to the null-modem-only connected system.
For OS/2, a parallel port NDIS MAC driver (prnandis.os2) exists, which
assigns an ethernet address to a LPT port. I never tried it, but it seems
to provide an ethernet stack capable running routable NetBEUI or TCP/IP
protocols on top of it ("NET USE" UNC notation welcome
.
Is a similar driver available for Windows NT, for mapping a serial port
to a NIC, which can be configured in the control panel's networking applet?
The japanese developer Gigo has provided a SHSMOD utility, which
configures serial ports to 115200 bps or more (up to 921600 bps). It used
to be on http://www.devdrv.com/shsmod/ (retrieved on Aug 31, 2001), the
patch was on http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA004958/over115K/SHSNT4U1.ZIP .
Suggestions welcome
regards Torsten
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for driver debugging, I've installed a serial connection over null-modem
cable from a Windows NT system to a second computer (for the first time
ever since Windows NT 3.1 setup in 1994). It works at reasonable speed.
While I've still not found a solution to establish networking for a
Windows NT 4.0 system running on a board with RTL8111/ 8168 NIC, a
null-modem cable provides some connectivity, as suggested by Bearwindows
on his "Up-to-date NT4" page BEARWINDOWS - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 [Build 1381] .
If I got things right, standard peer connects over null-modem cable only
permit to map one remote drive to a local drive (as it was the case in
old Interlnk/ Laplink days). It would be more interesting to configure
a (truly networked) peer computer as a router, which made the entire
network available to the null-modem-only connected system.
For OS/2, a parallel port NDIS MAC driver (prnandis.os2) exists, which
assigns an ethernet address to a LPT port. I never tried it, but it seems
to provide an ethernet stack capable running routable NetBEUI or TCP/IP
protocols on top of it ("NET USE" UNC notation welcome
.Is a similar driver available for Windows NT, for mapping a serial port
to a NIC, which can be configured in the control panel's networking applet?
The japanese developer Gigo has provided a SHSMOD utility, which
configures serial ports to 115200 bps or more (up to 921600 bps). It used
to be on http://www.devdrv.com/shsmod/ (retrieved on Aug 31, 2001), the
patch was on http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA004958/over115K/SHSNT4U1.ZIP .
Suggestions welcome
regards Torsten
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