Brief Tutorial
- Connecting
When you select a function such as Screen or File Manager in
Minicom you open a dialog window called Select a PC. In this
dialog you can select one or more PCs that you want to connect
to.
Local Network Connections
Select a PC has a help function called AutoUpdate which finds
and lists all the PCs on your Local Network which have Minicom
installed. When you have installed Minicom on each of your Local
Network PCs, use AutoUpdate to initialise your list.
Select a PC lets you Add any PCs that AutoUpdate can't find.
Modem Dial-up Connections
With Add you can also include a modem Dial-up PC, sometimes
called a Host. You can define a Dial-up link in Windows and
select it on the Add dialogue. When you connect to this Host,
Minicom will automatically dial the Host PC. In the Add dialogue
you can define the TCP-IP or IPX address of the Host if you know
it. If you don't then put the Hosts PC name as the name of the
connection.
Internet Connections
You can also Add an Internet connection. This is similar to
the modem Dial-up in that you select the dial-up link to your
Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Minicom will automatically
dial the ISP. Give any name you like to this PC. If the PC you
wish to connect to has a fixed TCP-IP address you can enter this
using the Permanent setting. Otherwise use the Temporary setting
and enter the other PCs address at connect time.
You can find your TCP-IP address when you are connected to
the Internet by running Minicom and selecting the Help Menu and
Network Help.
You can tell other Internet users your TCP-IP address by
using Minicom's EMail function, or via Pager, Instant Messaging
or normal EMail.