Cannot Use Both Dial-Up Networking and Direct Cable Connection

 Last reviewed: March 21, 1996
Article ID: Q140208
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

You may experience either of the following symptoms:

  • When you try to connect to a server or provider using Dial-Up Networking, you may receive the following error message: 

          Another Dial-Up Networking connection is active.
      Disconnect the other connection, and then try again.
  • When you try to establish a connection using Direct Cable Connection, you may receive the following error message: 

          Cannot connect to host computer. Make sure you have run Direct
      Cable Connection on the host computer and you have connected
      your cable to both computers.

CAUSE

Both Dial-Up Networking and Direct Cable Connection use the same network interface (Pppmac.vxd). You cannot have more than one instance of Pppmac.vxd running at one time.

RESOLUTION

Close Dial-Up Networking to run Direct Cable Connection, or close Direct Cable Connection to run Dial-Up Networking. You cannot run both at the same time.

KBCategory: kbtool kberrmsg
KBSubcategory: win95 dun
Additional reference words: 95 dcc



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Last reviewed: March 21, 1996
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