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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!como.dpie.gov.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!coco From: nigel@palms.nq.net (Nigel Gorry) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Can I share a modem with Win95 machine? Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 22:43:55 GMT Organization: www.palms.nq.net Lines: 22 Message-ID: <863563608.94114@bamboo.palms.nq.net> References: <863533504.77882@bamboo.palms.nq.net> <5la5j2$jb5@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: bamboo.palms.nq.net X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.01 Cache-Post-Path: bamboo.palms.nq.net!unknown@coco.palms.nq.net Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:40805 In article <5la5j2$jb5@ui-gate.utell.co.uk>, brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk wrote: >In article <863533504.77882@bamboo.palms.nq.net>, > nigel@palms.nq.net (Nigel Gorry) writes: >> is there a way that I can share a modem connected to a FreeBSD 2.2.1 machine, >> with a Win95 machine? > >You'll need to ask a more specific question than that. If you >want to connect to the 'net from the FreeBSD box and have 'net >access from both machines, then yes, you can share a modem. Sorry - I already have it set up as a router, but what I need to do is allow the Win95 to use the modem directly, for dialup banking services... Basically I need to use the FreeBSD box as a port server. Thanks ----- Nigel Gorry - Innisfail, Queensland, Australia http://www.palms.nq.net System Administrator - Zed.Net, Radio 4KZ & Kool-FM http://www.4kz.com.au