From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 21 18:28:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA23223 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 21 May 1996 18:28:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from toti.est.is (ppp-10.est.is [194.144.208.110]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA23212 for ; Tue, 21 May 1996 18:27:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from toti.est.is (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by toti.est.is (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id BAA01468; Thu, 23 May 1996 01:30:09 GMT Message-ID: <31A3BFA1.167EB0E7@est.is> Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 01:30:09 +0000 From: Thordur Ivarsson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Andrey A.Ptitsyn" CC: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Communications help wanted References: <199605220214.JAA05443@benpc.bionet.nsk.su> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Andrey A.Ptitsyn wrote: > = > Dear all: > We are purely academic team building internet connections in our > research intitute. Now we face a problem: how to link up a remote PC > in a building 500 meters away from our FreeBSD-powered host. What we > have is one-paire wire to the building, couple of US Robotics > Sportster modems and very limited cash. The PC runs Win 3.1. No > dial-up connection is available. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > Andrey A.Ptitsyn If you connect the modems back to back you can connect, you only have to = start the modems with ATO on one end and ATA on the other. Thordur Ivarsson -- = =81h