Networking

 

Just wondering if it is possible to setup a connection between 2 comps
using 56k modems.  

I am trying to hook up my sis's laptop to my computer so she can use
it as a proxy sevrer, unfortunately having spent the best part of a
day fitting a 20m network cable from my room to hers i realised the
connection on the back of her laptop was for a 56k modem not a
network card.(AAARGH!)

So i have 3 options: 1. invest in a external usb network card, 2. dcc
which i have used in the past and is really slow or 3. find a diff
way of connecting them.  

Being a cheapskate id prefer to use the option that requires the least
amount of monetary investment, and having plenty of telephone
extensions lying around the house (dont ask why :D ) i was thinking
using the 56k modems to connect the two, dont know if it is possible
to do this though.

Any suggestions feedback would be greatly appreciated, and as always
thanks in advance for all replies.

(ps. I connect to the internet using an external USB DSL modem)

 

You CANNOT connect two computers using two modems.  You need to install a
network card into each computer and then run a Cat. 5 "Crossover" cable
between them.  It HAS to be a special Crossover cable; not a regular Cat. 5
network cable.

--
DaveW

 

DaveW wrote:


And what is dial-up if not connecting two computers?

 


Connecting two computers across a PSTN Telephone network.
 

--
Conor

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." O.Osbourne.

 


TCP/IP over a serial line is straight forward, if slow, when the
machines run some flavor of Unix.  The OP didn't state his OS.

You can get a 10MB PCMCIA NIC for the laptop on ebay for a few bucks.  

It sounds like you need a hub, to.  Cheap on ebay.  








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