Access to Com1

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

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> 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

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


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