Modem sharing
Posted by: bensted <bensted@...>
I understand Internet Connection Sharing in Win98SE enables
computers on a network to share an internet connection by
assigning IP addresses to the different computers.
Our pastor went to a computer shop and asked how he could hook
his laptop up to his desktop to share the modem that is in the
desktop. He was sold a null modem cable and told to stick it in
the back of the desktop and into the laptop and that it would be
easy to setup in modem properties?
Is this the case? I haven't been up there but he says it hasn't
worked and I don't know enough about this area to help him without
more information myself - I always thought the whole point of
internet sharing was that is wasn't possible in this way without
software and network connections. I looked up null modem cable
and got the impression it used modem emulation to provide a link
between to PC's.
Any weblinks or advice gratefully accepted.
Deb
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