Re: Modem Sharing

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From: jim dorey
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 00:00

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wingate on win9x, win98 internet connection sharing, 602LANsuite, yada yada
yada.

Thomas Baumgartner wrote:

> I have a 486 machine with a modem connected to the internet. Then there
> is my laptop connected to the 486 via parallel nullmodem cable (or
> serial nullmodem cable). Now I want to access the internet with the
> laptop via the modem connected to the 486. Has anyone tried such a thing
> and how can it work.
> One Idea is to find a program which runs on the 486 which sends all it
> receives at the com-port connected to the laptop to the com-port
> connected to the modem and vice versa (so that the 486 with the modem
> appears to the laptop as a normal modem). Does anyone know a program
> which can do this?
> A more elegant version would be the use of  a program like Wingate or
> so. But the problem is that all these programs (as far as I know) need a
> LAN on the private network side.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions
> Tom

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