You'd probably have better luck setting up a proxy server of some sort (I would recommend the FREE Vsocks) and set the server to dial your home server instead of an ISP. Works perfect for POP3 e-mail (I'm not sure about MS Exchange based e-mail and the like). I use the hummingbird socks client on the clients and between Vsocks[1] and Hummingbird[2], I can have an office of 20 people setup in about an hour!
It's not the most powerful combination in the world (TCP traffic only) but in a pinch, it should get you buy (and it's hard to justify spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on a solution for just a few weeks). I have a sample socks.cnf configuration file I can send you if you'd like (makes for easy setup). --Andrew Duey, MCSE [1] http://www.pscs.co.uk/products/vsockslight/index.html [2] http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/socks/index.html -----Original Message----- From: King, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 8:31 AM To: NT 2000 Discussions Subject: Network Modem sharing Hello all, This is kind of an odd question. I have to provide a remote facility with the ability to check their email. Now this sounds easy enough. This is only a temporary fix for a couple of weeks, till Verizon can turn on the T1. Until then this facility will needs to dial into our RAS server to get network access and thus check their email queued on our PostFix mail gateway.. I will be setting up a temp Win2k server at their facility with 2 modems in it. Our RAS server only supports 2 incoming calls at the same time. The obvious solution is to setup multiple email profiles and have Outlook dial on demand when invoked. This is a usable solution, but it requires each of the 20 employees to walk away from their workstations and over to a shared server just to check email.. Now I have heard of programs based on a client/server model that bind a client PC's com port to a com port physically on the server. Thus allowing on demand modem sharing over a TCP/IP network.. I have not had much luck finding this type of program.. Do any exist..? What is the price, I would prefer something free/share ware as this is just for a couple of weeks... Does anyone know of any software that does this..? Any help/advice will be much appreciated.. Thanks, ~John ------ You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
