If you work in the computer industry long enough, you realize that certain things are done more from tradition than from keeping things simple. Recently I helped one of my wife’s friends install an ADSL Broadband Internet connection. In theory this should be a simple thing to do. Not only have I installed these before [...]
One of the most confusing things ever invented is time zones. Well, they aren’t inherently confusing by themselves but when you start talking about different time zones and daylight savings, then things get messy. Add in a factor of government zeal and you have daylight savings that can change dates depending on the laws and [...]
This is where I have to come clean and admit that I did not fully understand the model of how Presentation Server works related to Com Ports. It turns out that doing a NET USE against a client COM port will automatically attempt to use the new way.
NET USE COM1: \\CLIENT\COM1:
This command is like saying [...]
In the last post I just talked about the differences between old and new Com Port Mapping. This time I’m just going to focus on the old stuff.
First of all, the old Com Port Mapping only supports COM1 and COM2. This is accomplished by giving each their own virtual channel. These virtual channels [...]
Some features in Citrix Presentation Server are mostly unknown to large groups of people. COM Port Mapping is perhaps more the back water of the more traditional features. The concept is that it is possible to use COM ports on the client from server applications. This, in concept, is fairly easy. Unfortunately things are never [...]
