How do I connect two Win95 computers together with Direct Cable Connection?
Direct Cable Connection is basically Dial-up Networking without modems. This is why you need to install DUN at the same time as DCC. DCC lets you connect two Win95 computers together with the same kind of cables you would use for LapLink or Interlink, but once connected you treat the two systems as though you connected them through DUN (Meaning you need a common client, service, and protocol). First, install DCC from Add/Remove Programs / Windows Setup. Bring up Communications details and add DCC. If you haven’t already installed Dial-up Networking it will offer to do so. After it loads the needed components, and before you restart the computer, open the Network control panel and install the same components you would use to hook two Win95 machines together. These should be: • Client for MS Networks • Dial-up Adapter • NetBEUI • File & Print Sharing for MS Networks If you have other components, like TCP/IP, they should coexist nicely. Now restart the computer.
