is feasible to network 2 machines with modems?

Hano · 04-11-2002, 12:59 AM

Hi,

Im a redhat 7.2 IA-32 user, and im wondering if i can network mi old machine to the new one with just the modems

Thank you to everyone
Hano

X11 · 04-11-2002, 01:30 AM

What sort of modem, I hope it's not one of those Win modems.

Hano · 04-11-2002, 04:05 AM

the modem on the old machine is a winmodem , that sucks eh? its one of those PCtels PCT266
but i guess i can just install windoze or DOS on ther other, right?

Mik · 04-11-2002, 06:26 AM

Well you can't just plug the cable into both modems and then expect them to talk to each other. You have to have a telephone net to connect them on. Probably an internal one because I doubt you will want to be paying the costs for using an external phone net.

Thymox · 04-11-2002, 11:18 AM

All in all, it'd probably be cheaper (and certainly easier) just to get a couple of NICs and do networking proper.

But, technically I can't see why not...you'd just be using TCP/IP over modem instead of TCP/IP over LAN...which is pretty much what standard dial-up (inet connection) is all about, isn't it?

merlinxx · 04-11-2002, 01:05 PM

How bout doing it thru the com port?
Is that do-able?

Thymox · 04-11-2002, 01:10 PM

Yep. It used to be called 'null modem'ing.

Check out:

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/direct.html