Mike Yearwood
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hi Hilmar
Actually there is another way. The LPT port can be used with a special cable as a direct connection. Travelling Software used to sell a product that came with such a cable.
>I am not sure I understand correctly; either the two computers are connected - that is, they are in a network - or they are not.
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>If you want to have a connection between the two computers only, apart from the remaining network, you have two options:
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>1) Use a hub (or switch) which only connects those two computers. In other words, you have a network only for those two computers. Each computer must also have a NIC (network card), and a networking cable. The common technology for network cards is called Ethernet; the common cable is UTP category 5 (or 5e), with a direct connection.
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>2) If it is only two computers, you can also omit the hub, and connect the two computers directly, with a network cable. However, you can't use the same cable which you use to connect the computer to a hub; it is still UTP category 5, but some of the threads are switched on one end.
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>HTH,
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>Hilmar.
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>>i want computer 1 to connect to computer 2 without using the local network. what hardware do i need to do this?
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>>if computer 2 is connected to the local network, is there a way to connect to computer 1 by accessing computer 2?
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>>computer 1 contains critical data, i do not want it to be connected to the network.
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>>if this is possible, how am i going to get data from computer 2 from within foxpro? will the use \\computer2\c\myapp\customer.dbf work?
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>>pls advise. TIA.
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