Requirements:
Availiable Serial Port on the Windows 3.11 Machine
Availiable Serial Port on the Windows NT Machine
Download RAS Upgrade from Microsoft
This procedure requires the RAS client upgrade from Microsoft. This improved client has the ability to answer incoming calls and is required for this procedure to work correctly. So click on the RAS panel below and save the upgrade while your reviewing this document. You might want to read more about it in KB article #111292. You must be using windows for workgroups version 3.11. Save the file in a temporary directory (or a floppy disk - ask America Online for a Free One).
Windows for Workgroups 3.11 Setup
If you did not install networking do so now.
Add Remote Access and you should also have Notepad to edit files later. You should now have RAS appearing in the Network Program Group
If you already have a network installed, you should consult your administrator before making the following changes. Click on the Remote Access Icon to add the appropriate drivers to your system.
Select YES and install Microsoft Networking
Select Null Modem for the COM Port You will be using. It is ok to configure more than one.
Enter your information for the Network ID. If this information already exists, I suggest leaving it alone as you might deconfigure other network sessions. Be sure to note your COMPUTER NAME to access files from the windows 95 computer.
Click Continue. You must now install the network divers in your config.sys. Add the line "DEVICEHIGH ... IFSHLP.SYS". Be sure to enter the location where your windows is installed. Also check to see if the file exists using file manager. If it doesnt you must use the expand.exe utility to copy it off of setup disk #7 in the windows for workgroups install set.
If you do not have a memory manager present, you may just enter
DEVICE=C:\{windows directory}\IFSHLP.SYS
RESTART YOUR COMPUTER NOW.
If you see the above display, verify that you entered the correct path for ifshlp.sys and also that the entry "NET START" is in your autoexec.bat, and the path statement points to the windows directory so as to be able to find the NET.EXE program. If these three conditions are met, you will have to go below and check out the knowledge base articles regarding the net command because it has failed.
Run the Program you Downloaded from Microsoft to extract the new files. You can click BRWOSE to find the directory you used for downloading.
Install the Upgraded RAS Client (and now Server).
Run the "COPYPTP.BAT" batch file with the calling parameter of your Windows directory so it knows where to install the files. My windows is installed in the directory "WIN4WG31" since this is a dual boot computer. Yours is probably C:\WINDOWS.
Syntax: {location of files} \ COPYPTP.BAT {location of your Windows Directory}
Follow the upgrade instructions. The install batch file will ask for your windows directory information.
Using notepad, open the file "serial.ini" in the default windows directory.
Change the number 9600 to 19200 everywhere you see it. You can enter a number greater than it if you know the port will handle it.
Share some files to Serve for the NT computer (remember the RAS upgrade is a server) Click on DISK / Share As
You can share a directory or the entire drive depending upon what you want to access from the windows NT computer. The example above shares the entire Drive C: with permissions for the windows NT computer to read and write.
Click On Remote Access (yours won't be connected yet).
Click ADD
Click on the little Modem Icon
Configure to receive calls. Select the SERVER PORT where the cable will be connected to the Windows NT computer. Be sure to Allow incoming calls to this computer.
Tip: This is where you change the port if you move the cable in the future.
Select Start Up in Answer Mode for sake of convenience. Click Answer if it is not Now Selected. The Windows 3.11 Machine is READY!
Set-Up the Windows NTMachine
Click START - Control Panel.
Click on the Network ICON. Select Protocols and add NetBEUI and IPX/SPX Compatable Transport. These protocols are installed by Clicking Add and Selecting the Microsoft Category.
Select Services to Verify/Install the Remote Access Service.
If the Remote Access Service is Not Yet installed, click ADD and Select the Remote Access Service.
You may already have RAS capable devices listed in the Remote Access Setup panel. You will want to now add the RAS Cable device by Clicking Add.
Click Install Modem and Do Not Let Windows Search for your modem By checking the box. Click Next.
Select the Dial-Up Networking Serial Cable between 2 PCs and Click Next.
Select the Port (or ports) You Will be using to Connect, Click Next.
Click Network and Select NetBEUI and IPX check boxes.
Click Configure and Set for Dial out Only.
RESTART YOUR COMPUTER if any software or changes have been made.
Start the dial-up networking application
Click the New Button:
Name it "Direct Cable" or something appropriate, click Next >
Select the "Dial-Up Networking Serial Cable betweek 2 PCs":
Just Leave the phone number blank, NT will let you continue:
Click on the MORE button, and selecet "Edit Entry and Modem Properties":
Note: Be sure the entry you just created appears in the first window.
Select the direct cable connect baud rate and framing:
Establishing the Connection
Now Click DIAL, do not enter a password, and just enter anything as the User Name:
Note: If you enabled passwords on the Direct Cable Client for windows 3.11 enter the appropriate information here. Also, the 3.11 RAS client must now be running in answer mode.
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Now you should see:
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NT display)
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Using Files on the Windows 3.11computer
Run the Windows NT Explorer
Click Tools, Select Find, Computer:
Enter the windows 3.11 computer name, lets say the 3.11 computer is named "kime":
Click on the little computer icon, and the shared resources are listed:
Any of the above file systems on your windows 3.11 computer may be now mounted as a network drive by clicking on it (the following example was DRIVE_C). Then select FILE, Map Network Drive.
The windows 3.11files and directories now appear as a network drive in the file manager. You may copy files as normally done on local drives. If the setup does not allow writing from file shares, you may not be able to write to the remote computer. Use the file manager in windows 3.11 to change the sharing "properties" if write access is required.
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