Access to Com1

I have an XP machine linked (via a hub) to my Vista machine. I have
mapped the XP and from Vista can see it. The program I am 'calling' on
the XP machine writes to a proper Com1 port which connects to a barcode
printer.When I run my barcode prog from the XP all is fine because of
course it sees the com1 port, but when I run the software from Vista
(via the mapping letter), of course it tries to write to *its* own Com1
(wherever that is). Can I redirect Vista's Com1 to my XP's com1 so that
I can use my XP machine as the 'printer' writing to its Com1?
The vista IP is 192.168.1.1 and the XP is 192.168.1.2




Richardmatthews

Richardmatthews wrote in


Something like this maybe......

http://www.eltima.com/products/serial-over-ethernet/

Hi Dan,
I think you may have received my reply already! I realised that the
answer to my problem lay not in port redirection but in rethinking how
the program should work! Make the XP print program a service. Send it a
document to print and let it (locally) do the job which it does (well!)
Less clunky than my original idea, like yours, of re-directing the Vista
port, and certainly more reliable. Thanks for your suggestion which I
tried (though without success).

Cheers

Richard


Richardmatthews