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Sqwertz said:That's odd. Usually they'd just give you a dialup number. But I
guess if you didn't have POTS telephone service, that wasn't an
option.
I think there's something called a modem-ethernet
bridge, that presents a bogus dialtone to a modem. These were
used wayyyyy back by sysadmins trying to cut down on dialout
costs, when users had software that was tied to dialout programs.
Steve
Steve Pope said:Sqwertz said:That's odd. Usually they'd just give you a dialup number. But I
guess if you didn't have POTS telephone service, that wasn't an
option.I think there's something called a modem-ethernet
bridge, that presents a bogus dialtone to a modem. These were
used wayyyyy back by sysadmins trying to cut down on dialout
costs, when users had software that was tied to dialout programs.
It wouldn't even have to present a dialtone. The modem could
just go off hook (ATH1) and see a PPP login waiting for it (maybe
after seeing a carriage return). Similar to how the old
RS232/RS442 serial terminals worked (except with the PPP).
Sorry to keep grilling you about all this Wayne, I just figure
since you can't do much web browsing, you have more time for
Usenet bandwidth :-)
-sw
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