LapLink MN-LGD011-XX-US manual Before you connect by cable, Cables to use for LapLink connections

Choose the type of cable—serial, parallel, or USB (Univer- sal Serial Bus)1 —you are going to use based on the cables and ports you have available.

Ports are the connectors to which you attach cables and peripherals like printers and external modems. To find out which types of ports are available, consult the documenta- tion or the Windows Device Manager for your computer.

Once you decide which kind of cable connection you’ll use, plug a LapLink cable into both computers: attach a LapLink serial cable to a serial port on each computer, a LapLink parallel cable to a parallel port on each computer, or a LapLink USB cable to a USB port on each computer.

Before you connect by cable

• Attach an end of a LapLink cable to each computer.

NOTE When attaching the gold cable that comes with LapLink Gold Corporate for the first time, Windows will detect the device and install the drivers automatically. Sim- ply click Next and Finish at the Found New Hardware wiz- ard to complete driver installation and hardware setup.

•Ensure that the proper port—serial, parallel, or USB—is enabled in LapLink on both computers. See ”Checklist for cable connections.

•Run LapLink on both computers.

Cables to use for LapLink connections

Use LapLink Gold Corporate’s gold USB cable to connect as your first option.

1Not all connection types are supported in all Windows operating systems. See the table on page 15 for more information.

. . . Connecting by cable

If you don’t have a USB port available, you can also use a serial or parallel port. You can obtain cables for these con- nection types from Laplink.

If there is more than one type of port available to you, remember that USB cables, the fastest of the three, transfer up to seven times faster than serial cables. Parallel cables transfer data faster than serial cables.

Connecting to another computer by serial or parallel cable

When you start LapLink on two computers connected by cable, they will automatically connect. Autoconnect, the default setting for cable connections, causes the computers to connect automatically. If you change this setting, you can connect to the other computer manually.

TIP If the connection does not open automatically, click Port Setup on the Options menu and verify that the appro- priate port (COM, LPT, or USB) is enabled for cable.

To manually connect to another computer by serial or parallel cable:

1Click the Connect Over button on the LinkBar, and then click Cable.

2In the Connection list, click the name of the computer you want to connect to.

3Under Services, check the services you want to use, such as File Transfer and Remote Control.

4Click OK.

TIP To turn Autoconnect off, click on the Options menu and select Connect. On the Connect tab, clear the Enable Autoconnect box.

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