[Linux-parport] PC-to-PC parallel port cable

[Ravi Shah]

Thanks for your response.

I am sorry, but I am getting confused. Can you please explain, what difference is it
making? Now since you can connect two PCs using SPP or nibble mode and share data, why
not in ECP/EPP?

There is a document ECP Specifications from Microsoft, where this type of thing is
getting done using a special cable (which unfortunately is not available in market)? 

Thanks a lot for your help,
Ravi

--- Dave Strauss <dstrauss at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:12:30 -0800 (PST), Ravi Shah <shahravi20 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >  
> >  Hi,
> >  
> >  Does anybody know of a parallel port cable that can be used to
> >  connect two PCs through ECP/EPP protocol??
> >  
> >  Thanks in advance for help,
> >  Ravi
> >  
> 
> You basically can't do that, because ECP and EPP are both master/slave
> protocols -- from both the hardware and the software point of view --
> and a PC only contains the hardware to do the master end.  You can
> use a LapLink parallel port cable to connect two PCs, but you can't
> do ECP or EPP over the cable.
> 
> -- Dave Strauss


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