Hi,
Ill try to keep this simple,but im not sure if ill get my point accross properly,here we go....lol
At my house I have a broadband based LAN.
It is set up like this..
broadband modem connected to a hub(I think its acctually said swith on the packet it came in though)then 3 desktop computers (Two running XPee and one running Win2K)
and a laptop also running XPee, all connected to the hub(its a 5 port ethernet hub oviously).(u got that? ,4 computers and a broadband modem all into 1 hub),fairly straight forward so far..
Now of course the Broadband modem has my phone line pluged into the other side of it to conect to the internet,its on all the time and we can use the phone at the same time...nothink new there..
this is where i think ill confuse some ppl though..i often take my laptop to work for study ect, (I work night shift and have time to fill in),now...pretend for a second that i DONT have a seperate dial up internet connection, but, is it possable for me to plug my laptop into the phone line where i work,plug the phone line at home (that is normally pluged into a phone) into the dial up modem in the back of any of the 3 desktop computers at home(they all have pci modems as well,not used unles the broadband connection is down of course).Then from my laptop at work, dial my home phone number, set the desktop computer to answer the phone call and conect me to the LAN at home,and from their let me access the internet that my home LAN is on(via broadband)..not worried about the speed of course I allready know that will be limited by the dial up modems ect,.

I have read it is possable for me to dial up say a friends computer direct via dial up modems and basicaly network 2 computers together that way without acctually accesing the internet..just over phone lines..
so is it possable for me to access my internet account at home and my 3 other computers from work threw just a basic phone call???without a seperate dial up accout.

Gee... I hope that makes sence to someone...lol
ps i tried reserching this here ..but without allot of luck..so its easier to just ask....I think..lol
Thanks in adavance.
Oz

"Bite off more than you can chew, And chew like hell!"
Peter Brock.

I understand fully what you are trying to do. THe thing is taht you need to setup the computers to pickup the phone and make a dialup network connection. Its is very possible but the major problem is that when the phone rings, people usually pick it up. THis would kind of defeat the purpose. ALSO you would need the computer that is running the call answersing service to route the packets onto your network and then access the internet. Probably the easiest way to do this is with a server version of windows.

Ok i found out how to connect to this main computer via dail up..havent tried it yet though..now i just need to know, is it possable to use the broadban net connection remotly...and can i set the amont of rings before the home compter answers it???
(its in set up a advanced connection under creat a new conection in my network places BTW)
any one else have any answers on this??
thanks again
Oz

"Bite off more than you can chew, And chew like hell!"
Peter Brock.

Hi,
I just stumbled upon this topic when my mom recently purchased a laptop computer. I have the same problem, she wants to have dialup internet access when she is at her clients' house's. I need a way to share my at home (DSL) internet connection through a telephone line to my moms lap top modem remotely. Is there any good software you know that will allow a Client/Server style option for remote internet access? I don't have the server version of windows on either pc's.