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Chapter 11—Networking
• If the user you want to connect to your Windows 2000 or
Windows NT host computer isn’t on the list of authorized
users, you’ll need to add that user before you set up the
direct connection.
• Install the Client for Microsoft Networks on the guest computer.
• Don’t print to the printer(s) normally connected to the LPT
port while you’re using DCC; the printer will be set for
offline mode and require you to manually release the print
jobs after you re-establish the printer(s). Also, allow any print
jobs to finish (or hold them or delete them) on any port you
want to use for DCC before you set up your cables.
• Make sure that the host computer is sharing a drive, so that
the guest computer can copy files from it or move files to it.
The sharing is accomplished in the same way that peer-topeer
network sharing is done on Windows 9x/Me systems;
on Windows NT/2000, you specify permissions for authorized
users.
• If you don’t want to unplug your printer to use DCC, you
might want to add a second printer port for DCC use if you
plan to use this option frequently.
• Download the DCC troubleshooter from the FAQs and troubleshooting
page at Parallel Technologies’s Web site:
www.lpt.com/faqs1.htm.
Use Table 11.21 to see whether you are ready to connect your computers
via DCC.