From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 23 21:32:11 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA08437 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 21:32:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from super-g.inch.com (super-g.com [204.178.32.161]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA08428 for ; Thu, 23 Jan 1997 21:32:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (spork@localhost) by super-g.inch.com (8.8.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id AAA21453; Fri, 24 Jan 1997 00:53:36 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 24 Jan 1997 00:53:36 -0500 (EST) From: spork X-Sender: spork@super-g.inch.com To: Tim Moony cc: Dan Busarow , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Connecting two PCs that are far away In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Take a look at a Data-Comm Warehouse catalog; they have alot of interesting devices (most fairly cheap) to extend RS-232 up to a mile over telco wire, and also an assortment of "line drivers" to extend the range of standard RS-232 cabling for under $150. The only catch is you may never get off their mailing list ;) Charles On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Tim Moony wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Dan Busarow wrote: > > > > > Modems do not work if you just connect them together with phone cord. > > There is some pretty expensive equipment you can get to simulate > > the phone company but phone lines would be a lot easier. > > > > Short haul modems run about 100-150 each, you need one at each end. > > > [snip] > > Wow, that's expensive. My two PCs are about 100 feet apart but I want > to nail down the cable on the walls so altogether we're talking about 200 > feet. > > I just don't know if the cable would pick up too much noise along the way? > What do you suggest? > > > >