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

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