setting up network through modem

anon112 · 08-04-2008, 07:02 PM

Is there any program for Linux in which I can send files via the modem between my Xubuntu 8.04 machine and my Microsoft Windows 98SE machine? I ask because connecting my Windows 98 machine wouldn't be very safe and I need to transfer large files that won't fit on any form of compatible media.

Thank-you in advance for your help
-kev

stress_junkie · 08-04-2008, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by kev717

I ask because connecting my Windows 98 machine wouldn't be very safe...

Why wouldn't it be save to connect (via a LAN?) to your Windows machine? Linux is not affected by Windows viruses unless they are written in Java or some other cross platform language. I only ask about that because you seem to imply that connecting via a LAN is possible.

farslayer · 08-04-2008, 10:27 PM

not to mention modem transfer would be really really slow....

anon112 · 08-05-2008, 10:20 AM

unfortunately, I don't have any spare network cards that are Windows 98SE compatible, and also, I'm not entirely sure if that modem will work, so I would like to find that out as well without paying for a dial-up service.

also, Its the windows 98 machine I'm worried about

farslayer · 08-05-2008, 10:35 AM

Configure a Linux PPP Dial in Server.

http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_dialin_server

http://developers.sun.com/solaris/te.../linuxppp.html

http://www.qualitur.org/masmedios/do...pregunta26.pdf

anon112 · 08-05-2008, 01:46 PM

Those don't seem to have worked... (also I think they are for Red Hat 6.1 only), Is there a program maybe that I can use in Xubuntu?

farslayer · 08-05-2008, 03:12 PM

PPP is Point to Point Protocol and is how you would network over a modem... It's exactly what happens when you dial from a PC to an ISP to get on the Internet. The how-to may have been done in an old version of Redhat, but the process should still be similar enough to work, or you could search for one for Ubuntu....

anon112 · 08-05-2008, 09:19 PM

Ok, I've tried some more stuff, and I can't figure out what the phone number to give the other computer would be... To dial in, my other PC requires a phone number which I have no idea where to find.