From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 3 21:22:39 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net (avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.121.50]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68CD337B401 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2001 21:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sdn-ar-007dcwashp153.dialsprint.net ([63.178.91.89] helo=moo.holy.cow) by avocet.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #2) id 15p01s-000017-00; Wed, 03 Oct 2001 21:22:37 -0700 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A2B4D50BAA; Thu, 4 Oct 2001 00:23:04 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 00:23:04 -0400 From: parv To: Ryan Thompson Cc: f-q Subject: Re: any device to share one dial up connection among old fashioned modems? Message-ID: <20011004002304.B23556@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Ryan Thompson , f-q References: <20011002181040.A11747@moo.holy.cow> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: ; from ryan@sasknow.com on Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:31:44PM -0600 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 this was, on the fateful occasion around Oct 02 23:31 -0400, sent by Ryan Thompson > ... thanks for comments on the terminology and other sound advice. > > If adding Ethernet compatibility to the computers is not an option for > you, you will have trouble "sharing" your dial-in connection. In your > case, it might be the most cost-effective to just go with Ethernet. that's what i feared. > > - running a computer all the time isn't an option > > In any case, you are going to need "something" that runs all the time to > provide service... If not a computer, maybe a cheap dial-up router. (A > little more ubiquitous than a mid-tower... easier to convince your dad, > maybe :-) ... i wouldn't mind that running all the time, you know something small, close to the size of a closed laptop. only if i could find one that something... -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message