Hello, I have a linux box and a modem (in Christchurch). I am connected to the internet, but I don't use the modem as I have cable. I have a friend elsewhere in Christchurch with a linux box but no modem, no cable and no ISP. I want to get a modem for my friend so he can dial my number, have the phone answered by my modem, and send some files to me. That's it. No web surfing, no mail, no sharing of my cable, nothing else. Just dial up occasionally and give me some data.
I have dipped into the Modem HOWTO which describes how to get a login prompt on another PC over a modem link, but I don't think that's quite what I want. I think I want my friend's PC to be on my local subnet, so he can use ftp to send the files to my PC (after manually or automatically using the modem to dial my number). Has anyone done this, or something like this? Am I thinking about the problem the wrong way? It shouldn't be hard, but I'm not quite sure how to phrase my Google search. Thanks in advance, Andy
