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- From: James Darrell Watkins <jwatkins@fay.infi.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Using two modems WITHOUT phone line
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 01:13:00 -0500
- Organization: US Army
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- Jay Tulathimutte wrote:
- >
- > I was wondering if anybody knows if it's possible to have two modems
- > communicate with one another between an RJ-11/RJ-10 cable WITHOUT a
- > phone line. Could this be achieved by AT commands that trick the modem
- > to think that it has already dialed or been dialed and is online. If
- > possible would this require special software? Also would I need a cross
- > or straight through cable?
- >
- > jay
- > (jtulathi@ucla.edu)Although this doesn't work with modems, it certainly does with
- inexpensive Ethernet adapters and BNC wire. The best feed I have ever
- gotten through BNC with SMC Smartcard sdapters was 950 feet. Good luck.
-