Use the Direct Cable Connection built into Windows.

Control Panel
Network Connections
Add New Connection Wizard
Advanced Connection
Connect Directly To Another Computer

You can create a PPP or a SLIP connection. 

It's built into Windows; probably less work to implement SLIP than to find
another solution.


-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of
Harold Hallikainen
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 11:10 AM
To: Pic List
Subject: [EE] Send browser requests out COMM port?

I'm working on a PIC application where I've made a SIMPLE web server that
interfaces to an 802.11 radio that is listening on port 80. A web browser
opens a connection to port 80, sends a request, and my PIC code responds
appropriately.

I'm interested in doing the same thing over a COMM port (FT245RQ on the
PIC side, and virtual comm port on the PC side). I'd like to put something
like this:

http://localhost:1234

in the URL field of the browser and have the GET request go through the
virtual comm port, through the FT245RQ to my PIC.

Our Windows guy suggests using SLIP, but this looks much more complex than
needed. Why encapsulate the data in TCP/IP packets for the short ride over
the USB cable, just to take them apart again.

Does any Windows application exist that would redirect an IP port on
localhost to a comm port?


THANKS!

Harold




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