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- From: JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Two modems on one line
- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 23:19:23 GMT
- Organization: The Navas Group of Dublin, CA, USA
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- [Posted to comp.dcom.modems]
- "Bill Klein (HQ)" <bklein@SMTPGW.UNIDATA.COM> wrote:
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-
- >Any and all advise is welcome about the following situation:
- >I have two PCs at home and one phone line. I have a hard time dailing into
- >my server provider, but once I get a line it will be good for hours. Based on
- >what I am doing, I may start a long (30 minute product compile or fire off
- >a test suite) task on either machine. Could be the machine which is
- >dialed in.
-
- >What I would like to do is: have modems from both PCs attached to the
- >same line phone line, use one to dailin and have the second one sort
- >of mirror the line. Is this possible? or should I forget this idea and drink
- >a beer or two and order a second phone line while I look for a better
- >provider?
-
-
- Network your two machines together with a couple of cheap 10baseT Ethernet
- cards, and you'll be able to share the one modem link.
-
- --
- Best regards,
- John mailto:JNavas@NavasGrp.com http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
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