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.
Well, it could be. If all you want is to transfer files, then just getting a shell session and running a zmodem program in the session would do the trick.
I think I want my friend's PC to be on my local subnet, so he can
In which case you're getting close to the "no web surfing, no mail ..." world. More complication than you need, except that it's probably well documented. Think 'ppp' ... which is essentially just a complex form of zmodem interaction.
-jim
