Mike Werner wrote:
>
> I'm getting ready to do some set-up here and have run into a question.
> My Linux box will be put into a LAN with a couple of Windoze 95 boxes.
> One of the 95 boxes has a modem. I don't. The LAN is an ethernet type
> running Net-Bouy (not sure of exact name, but that's how it's
> pronounced), and I'm going on the assumption that I'll be able to get
> that part working. The question is - will I be able to utilize the
> modem in the 95 box? What I would like to be able to do is connect to
> the 95 box, activate the modem to dial out or detect if there is already
> a connection, and then utilize that connection. Is this even possible?
> I've dug through the howtos from sunsite - I've actually lost track of
> which ones I've read - and I've seen references on something similar,
> but all those references are assuming the opposite - that the modem is
> in the Linux box. I would do that, but I don't think Dad would like
> that very much. If what I'm trying is not possible, I'll try and get
> Dad to let me put the modem into my box and run it that way. But I
> would rather not start that argument if I don't have to.
>
I've heard of a shareware program for win95 called wingate that's
supposed to do that, no garaunties though.
