Date: Tue, 21 May 1996 11:22:14 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: ptitsyn@benpc.bionet.nsk.su (Andrey A.Ptitsyn) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Communications help wanted Message-ID: <199605210152.LAA23928@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199605220214.JAA05443@benpc.bionet.nsk.su> from "Andrey A.Ptitsyn" at May 17, 96 02:13:28 pm
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Sorry about taking so long to get back to you on this one. Andrey A.Ptitsyn stands accused of saying: > > 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. Sell the modems to raise some more cash. Use the cash to invest in a pair of 2-wire line drivers. Dial modems generally won't talk to each other without line power. Make sure you go for drivers with RS-232 _async_ interfaces. Then run SLIP or PPP over the link. > Andrey A.Ptitsyn -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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