mgetty+sendfax with the AutoPPP option, then use Windows DUN to connect. You'll need to do some reading on setting up PAP. /etc/inittab: d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty modem /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config: /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd call dialin /etc/ppp/peers/dialin: -detach asyncmap 0 auth crtscts lock modem +pap -chap debug proxyarp #login 192.168.192.1:192.168.192.100 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: # Secrets for authentication using PAP # client server secret IP addresses myusername * "mypassword" * This will also work Linux-Linux of course. If you need more details holler. Stew Benedict On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, James Little wrote: > My Linux box has a dedicated line. Sometimes, I would like very much to > login to it remotely and use something. I have the modems set up on either > end correctly. I can dial, my modem picks up, astonishingly they connect at > 44000 bps. This is even fast enough to run a remote X-session, if I could > figure out how to comunicate. I have tried from a Windows machine using > hyperterminal, and from a Mac using Smartcom also. The modems connect, and > nothing happens. I don't know where to go from here, and I don't even know > what HOW-TO to look for. Is there a package I need to install, or is it > just something I need to setup. Is there a certain shell that I need? I > can ftp and telnet in over my LAN, but coming from outside my LAN is a huge > mistery. I'm in the dark! > > Thanx for your help. > > >
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