Hi Will,
WH> I'm trying to share a com port across a Warp 4 Peer setup such that a
WH> WinOS2 app can access a modem via the network (I HATE stringing phone
WH> wires!). The sharing works fine with OS/2 apps - they use the modem
WH> slick as can be - but I have yet to be able to get a DOS/WIN app to be
WH> able to use the port. Am I missing something obvious or is this a lost
WH> cause?
Possibly......;-) The only catch I am aware of is that Windows and DOS
sessions generally only recognise serial ports identified as COM1 - COM4,
nothing else. Generally, OS/2 apps can access a COM port of almost any name
you like (share a COM port as CHARLIE and connect to it using an OS/2 comms
app, it works fine.....;-)).
I can report that I have connected and used an OS/2 COM port with a modem on
it (actually COM2, shared as COM4) from a OS/2 Windows session (MS Mail
Remote) using NETBIOS over TCP/IP on an international connection. It was
pretty slow, but it sure did work. Left a few MS people with dropped jaws and
blinking hard......;-)
Regards........pk.
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