Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:30:51 -0500 From: "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> To: "Peter" <fbsdq@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BSD with two NIC's Message-ID: <006701c0ada7$f9a8b220$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca> References: <SAK.2001.03.15.aciprdjk@support10>
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> On 03/15/2001 3:54:08 PM, "Matthew Emmerton" is quoted as saying: > > . . . .|Yep, it's perfectly fine -- provided that both computers are going through > . . . .|the phone network to connect to each other. (You can't hook modem A to > . . . .|modem B with a standard RJ11 patch cable, nor with a crossed RJ11 patch > . . . .|cable.) > > Why not I remember playing games in the dos world by doing a null > modem connection back when NIC's were too expensive for me. Basically > just two computers sitting next to each other, and dialing each other up. That works fine with a null-modem cables connecting two serial ports, but you can't connect two modems to each other via a piece of (crossed) telephone cable. Modems expect to have 48VDC on the wire (by the design of the PSTN), and won't operate unless that voltage is present. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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