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Chapter 11—Networking
capability is now part of most operating systems, including DOS 6,
Windows 9x, Windows Me, Windows NT 4, and Windows 2000.
One computer is designated the host and the other is the guest.
The software enables a user, working at the guest machine, to transfer
files to and from the host. With Windows, you must specify
which folders or drives you will share, and you have the option
with Windows 9x and Windows Me to specify a password.
Windows NT and Windows 2000 require that you add the guest
user to your list of authorized users for the host system.
Setting Up and Using MS-DOS Interlink
In DOS, the software consists of two executable files, called
INTERSVR.EXE and INTERLNK.EXE. In the DOS version, you run
the INTERSVR program on the host computer. This system can be
running a different version of DOS; therefore, you have to copy the
INTERSVR.EXE program to it from a DOS 6 machine (using a
floppy disk). Select the COM or LPT port to which you have connected
the cable. INTERSVR then waits until INTERLNK makes a
connection.
On the guest computer, you run the INTERLNK.EXE program from
a DOS prompt. As before, you are prompted to select the COM or
LPT port to which you have connected the cable. After this is completed,
the INTERLNK software establishes the connection with the
host computer running INTERSVR. Then, the guest computer
mounts the drives from the host in its own file system, assigning
them the next available drive letters with Interlink.
Setting Up and Using Windows 9x/Me Direct Cable
Connection
On Windows 9x/Me, you click the Start menu and then select
Programs, Accessories, Direct Cable Connection (on some systems
it might be stored in a Communications folder beneath the
Accessories folder). Then, choose the Host option button. You are
prompted to select the COM or LPT port to which you have connected
the cable.
On the other computer, you select the same Direct Cable
Connection menu item in Windows and choose the Guest option
button. Again, you are prompted to choose the correct port, after
which the software establishes a connection between the two
machines. With the Windows Direct Cable Connection, you can
either access the shared drive as a folder or map a drive letter to it
with Windows Explorer after the connection is established.