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.

 

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