On Thu, 21 Sep 2000, Rob Tanner wrote:
> My wife has an old Macintosh she's mighty attached, and I want to see
> if I can attach it to my machine to take advantage my internet
> connection. Her's is a Performa, not ethernet ready, and the cost of
> ethernet for that machine and the national debt are about equal.
>
> Is it possible to set up a ppp connection between our two machines
> (she's got the appropriate control panel and I have rh6.2) over modems
> you normally plug into phone lines but instead plugged back to back via
> an ordinary UTP line? The catch is that no phone system means no dial
> tone and not dialing the phone or answering. Does anyone know how to
> set modems up like that -- it's certainly not the norm, at least not in
> home computing.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
It depends on the modems - some modems will work plugged back to back, as
long as you disable the dialtome detection. Some external modem have a
dip switch that lets you set them for leased line operation. These will
work just fine with just a phone cord between them. Other then that, you
can play with putting a battery in series with the two modems.
In any case, you will have to send "atd" to one modem, and "ata" to the
other modem to get them to connect. Try is running a term program on both
ends, with just a phone cord connecting them, and see what you get. If
you get the "no dialtone" message, you will have to disable dialtone
detection. Check your modem docs - I think "ATX1" will do it.
Mikkel
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for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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