On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 08:58:55 +0000, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 04 Nov 2005 07:25, deedee E wrote: > > I don't know if what I want to do is even possible, but I'd like to > > connect to the Internet on two computers at the same time. Both > > machines are stand-alone systems -- no networking. Both modems are > > 56K. One computer uses Mandrake Linux 9.1, the other one a Knoppix > > 3.9 Live CD. Is it possible to connect a second computer to an > > ongoing telephone session? What would be necessary in order to do > > it? Although it is something I'd like to do, there is no crisis if > > I can't. It just would be nice. Thanks for any advice about this. > > It is not possible to connect two modems to a single telephone line and have > them both working at once.
Thanks for your response, Derek. > You would have to connect your two computers together with an ethernet > crossover cable and use the Internet sharing GUI in Mandrake Control Centre > to share a single dial up session. Okay. I believe that's something I could do with these two systems -- they both have an ethernet port. Thanks, deedee Registered Linux User #327485 WordStar Users Group Community: http://wordstar2.com/WordStar_Users WordStar & Linux: http://wordstar2.com Mailing Lists: http://wordstar2.com/mailman/listinfo -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10
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