From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 8 17:34:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA16328 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:34:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA16311 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 1998 17:34:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA05366; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 10:03:59 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA24432; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 10:03:55 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980809100355.G14475@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 9 Aug 1998 10:03:55 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: "Adam W. Hawks" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Serial PPP networking (was: com port question.) References: <19980807135128.B13559@freebie.lemis.com> <199808081540.LAA23529@hawks.caro.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <199808081540.LAA23529@hawks.caro.net>; from Adam W. Hawks on Sat, Aug 08, 1998 at 11:40:53AM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG (-questions added again) On Saturday, 8 August 1998 at 11:40:53 -0400, Adam W. Hawks wrote: > Maybe I should have been clearer on what I was asking. > > win95 -> freebsd -> modem Yes, it would have been nice if you had kept some of the context, too. It's difficult to recall what this was all about, but I suppose I can remember based on the next paragraph. > I would like to use Crosstalk on win95 machine to access modem on freebsd > machine. What's Crosstalk? > Is their a way to connect (in freebsd) the 2 com ports so that when > Crosstalk talks to com2 on win95 which is connected to com3 on > freebsd that it will dial the modem and connect to BBS using > freebsd's modem? It all depends on what Crosstalk is. I assume it's not an IP protocol, in which case the answer is "yes, but you're going to have to write a passthrough program yourself". Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message