From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 3 3:12: 9 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-31-203-60.mmcable.com [65.31.203.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A307F37B403 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 03:12:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 38723 invoked by uid 100); 3 Oct 2001 10:12:03 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15290.58482.997339.540156@guru.mired.org> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 05:12:02 -0500 To: parv Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: any device to share one dial up connection among old fashioned modems? In-Reply-To: <80850377@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.90 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG parv types: > is there any hub/switch/etc. which can be used to share > single (phone) dial up connection among more than one old > fashioned modems, most possible w/o things ethernet? > > here are some more details: > - computer A fitted w/ linksys pcmlm56 card (ethernet doesn't work) > and windows me & freebsd 4.4 > - computer B has some sort of modem, most possibly software based > and windows (98|me) > - connection to outside world happens via earthlink dial up connection > - running a computer all the time isn't an option Ok, let me verify that I've got this straight. You have two computers. Both have modems. You have one phone line in the house, and want to use it from both computers? If that's the case, you just need a second jack for that line. If you've only got one free jack and want to share it, you can buy a splitter from Radio Shack. Now, only one of you can be online at a time. If that restriction isn't acceptable, Ryan's suggestion of a direct serial or parallele connection should work. Windows 98 may not have gateway software, and you'll have to add a product to get that. Windows ME should have it. The restriction here is that the computer that's connected to the net will have to be on and connected for the other computer to be on the internet. http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message