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'Direct Cable Connection', or DCC, is a feature of Microsoft Windows 95, 98, ME, XP, and 2000 that allows a computer to transfer and share files (or connected printers) with another computer, via a connection using either the serial port, parallel port or the infrared port of each computer. It is well-suited for computers that do not have an ethernet adapter installed, although DCC in Windows XP can be configured to use one (with a proper crossover cable if no Ethernet hub is used) if available.
Direct Cable Connection over USB is not supported although the Microsoft knowledge base article incorrectly states otherwise. The USB port does not get listed in the Host/Guest port selection wizard. Connecting the computers using USB requires a special cable and third-party proprietary software. Microsoft Windows does not support the networking portion of the USB communications device class driver specification (ethernet over USB), instead promoting its own derivative named Microsoft Remote NDIS (RNDIS), a serialized version of the Microsoft NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification). Alternatively, a RNDIS compatible USB-ethernet adapter is needed to connect using Remote NDIS. Windows Vista drops support for the Direct cable connection feature [1] and introduces Windows Easy Transfer, a similar utility to transfer application settings over a proprietary USB cable made by Belkin. Since the USB is proprietary, a generic USB-to-USB cable will not work with Easy Transfer.
If using the serial ports of the computer, a null modem cable (or a null modem adapter connected to a standard serial cable) must be used to connect each of the two computers to communicate properly.
If the parallel ports are used, Windows supports Standard or basic 4-bit cable (commonly known as LapLink cable), Enhanced Capabilities Port (ECP) cable, or Universal Cable Module (UCM) cable (which was known as DirectParallel cable by Parallel Technologies).
Infrared communication ports, like the ones found on laptop computers (such as IrDA), can also be used as well.
DCC can be enabled in Windows under the ''Communications'' component in the ''Windows Setup'' tab, which is in the ''Add/Remove Programs'' icon in the ''Control Panel''.
★ Null modem
★ LapLink cable
★ Serial line internet protocol (SLIP)
★ Parallel line internet protocol (PLIP)
★ Direct-Cable Connection Introduction from WindowsNetworking.com
★ How to Configure a Direct Cable Connection with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 1) from Microsoft Help and Support
★ Direct Cable Connections from Microsoft Windows XP Resource Kits
★ Easy Transfer Cable from www.bafo.com
| Contents |
| DCC with USB |
| DCC with Serial Port |
| DCC with Parallel Port |
| DCC with IR |
| See also |
| External links |
DCC with USB
Direct Cable Connection over USB is not supported although the Microsoft knowledge base article incorrectly states otherwise. The USB port does not get listed in the Host/Guest port selection wizard. Connecting the computers using USB requires a special cable and third-party proprietary software. Microsoft Windows does not support the networking portion of the USB communications device class driver specification (ethernet over USB), instead promoting its own derivative named Microsoft Remote NDIS (RNDIS), a serialized version of the Microsoft NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification). Alternatively, a RNDIS compatible USB-ethernet adapter is needed to connect using Remote NDIS. Windows Vista drops support for the Direct cable connection feature [1] and introduces Windows Easy Transfer, a similar utility to transfer application settings over a proprietary USB cable made by Belkin. Since the USB is proprietary, a generic USB-to-USB cable will not work with Easy Transfer.
DCC with Serial Port
If using the serial ports of the computer, a null modem cable (or a null modem adapter connected to a standard serial cable) must be used to connect each of the two computers to communicate properly.
DCC with Parallel Port
If the parallel ports are used, Windows supports Standard or basic 4-bit cable (commonly known as LapLink cable), Enhanced Capabilities Port (ECP) cable, or Universal Cable Module (UCM) cable (which was known as DirectParallel cable by Parallel Technologies).
DCC with IR
Infrared communication ports, like the ones found on laptop computers (such as IrDA), can also be used as well.
DCC can be enabled in Windows under the ''Communications'' component in the ''Windows Setup'' tab, which is in the ''Add/Remove Programs'' icon in the ''Control Panel''.
See also
★ Null modem
★ LapLink cable
★ Serial line internet protocol (SLIP)
★ Parallel line internet protocol (PLIP)
External links
★ Direct-Cable Connection Introduction from WindowsNetworking.com
★ How to Configure a Direct Cable Connection with Windows XP Home Edition (PART 1) from Microsoft Help and Support
★ Direct Cable Connections from Microsoft Windows XP Resource Kits
★ Easy Transfer Cable from www.bafo.com
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