On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 16:25, Andrew Errington wrote: > On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 16:06, you wrote: > > I have found this: > > > > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Serial-Laplink-HOWTO.html > > > > It more closely matches what I hope to achieve. I will report back > > later- in the meantime, please send on any hints, tips and caveats. > > Well, it works, and I now have a ppp0 interface. The documentation is > sparse, but enough to get me going. Next step- XP. > > Andy
IIRC windows in various versions had a thing called "direct cable connect", which might have been an ms way of saying "serial cable ppp". Also these things tend to be different between "consumer" versions of windows and "server" *cough splutter* versions. I'm sure there have been various ppp servers in there over the ages - quite what XP offers is something you may need to dig around for.
