I have used both Serial and Parallel to connect windows and Linux.
Parallel is ok, but I found complications with the drivers talking to
each other. PPP over Serial at 112KBPS should be fine for video
confrencing, as most commercial products currently use a similer pipe
(128K ISDN).
There are a number of applications available on Linux that will talk to
windows. I have even talked to Microsoft Netmeeting from my linux box,
video and all. Have a look at what is out there (check out
freshmeat.net or others)
Jamie
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Henrique Pantarotto [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 17, 1999 3:05 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Hooking two notebooks without ethernet
> >
> > Hello Linux friends!
> >
> [Luijpen, Alexander van] Hello Henrique
>
> > I have a school project where we need to talk about live video-conference,
> > so I was thinking of getting two notebooks, each one with a webcam, and
> > make everyone happy.
> >
> [Luijpen, Alexander van] Making everybody happy is a good cause
>
> > So I was thinking of using a notebook with LINUX and another with WINDOWS
> > 98.
> >
> [Luijpen, Alexander van] yuck ... do you have to ? (use win98 that
> is ;-)
>
> > So I need to create a very-small TCP/IP private LAN with only two
> > computers. I am already familiar with ethernet networking.
> >
> > BUT.. they won't come with PCMCIA ethernet cards. Sure I can just buy
> > them, but I was thinking.. is there another way of hooking these two
> > computers?
> >
> [Luijpen, Alexander van] there are several
>
> > Something like a DTE-DTE serial cable, parallel cable, telephone lines and
> > regular modens?? Would this work with LINUX x WINDOWS, or LINUX x LINUX
> > or
> > even WINDOWS x WINDOWS?
> >
> [Luijpen, Alexander van] A parallel cable should work - check out
> PLIP
> Using a nullmodem cable or a modem should easily be possible .. just
> configure one machine to listen to the serial port / modem, and act like a
> mini ISP. Linux - Win shouldnt be a problem (both Par and Ser) since it
> mostly functions like a standard ISP setup (many ISPs are UNIX, and dial-in
> clients Win98)
> Linux - Linux will work probably even easier. Win98 - Win98 is also
> possible, because Win98 should be able to act as a dial-in server. (not to
> mention direct cable connection, although this isnt based on TCP/IP I think)
>
> What might be a problem, is the software - I dont know any software
> that does VideoConferencing between Linux & Win98
>
> Thanks!
>
> > Henrique Pantarotto
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