From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 4 13:20:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from chen.org.nz (tnt1-91.quicksilver.net.nz [202.89.142.91]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0733E37B41A for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:20:48 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by chen.org.nz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g04LMnQ04816; Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:22:49 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2002 10:22:48 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Marty Landman Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: network via modem? Message-ID: <20020105102248.B4196@grimoire.chen.org.nz> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020104155304.00a81030@216.238.4.10> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020104155304.00a81030@216.238.4.10>; from marty@face2interface.com on Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 03:58:01PM -0500 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 On Fri, Jan 04, 2002 at 03:58:01PM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > Hi, > > Apologies in advance if this has been covered or if it's just a dumb > question. I guess I'm looking for a FAQ that might cover this if possible; > maybe some advice on feasibility too. > > I have a FreeBSD box with a modem in it, though I'm not sure if the OS > recognizes it. And a three node LAN running W95. I'm wondering if it would > be possible and not overly difficult to set up a primitive type of > communication between the FreeBSD machine and the LAN by connecting the > modem from one into the unused modem of one of the LAN boxes, i.e. plugging > a phone to jack line into the modems of the two machines. > > I realize even if I could do that, there would be lots of other problems > including software to make use of it, but for starters can this be done and > how hard is it? It can be done, using PPP. PPP will enable a network connection over a serial line; you don't have to use modems, a null-modem connection between the 2 machines will do. Set up your FreeBSD box to accept incoming PPP connections and you're on your way. Routing from W95 machines other than the connected machine may be a bit problematic though. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "You can get farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone" - Al Capone To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message