Thinking on it, I bet the dial tone would interfere with any data sent that way, plus phone lines have a small amount of current running through them. Might damage the Mac.
-----Original Message----- From: aedan mcghie/scotland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 3:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Networking in the poor man's way On Friday, Mar 28, 2003, at 21:43 Europe/London, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sounds even easier than my suggestion. Here's a question. Can you use > phonenet adapters to connect macs in different romms of a house, using > the > in wall phone wiring of a house, and instead of connecting a resistor > as a > terminator, plus a phone into the adapter as a pass through for calls? > Never tried it but I think I have read that it doesn't work. The wires used in phone lines varies from place to place. aedan If at first you don't succeed then sky diving isn't for you. http://homepage.mac.com/aedan -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --------------------------------------------------------------- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
