Modem to Modem communication

[jrooks]

Hi: Apparently some high speed providers now force you to manually re-log-in every so many hours. Not so good if you have a remote machine and want it to be on all of the time. Maybe we don't need high speed, maybe we can use a plain old telephone line on both ends.

Has anybody ever developed a system where one phone modem can call another (answering after a pre determined number of rings) and then allow the caller to access something like Home Seer on the remote machine? I just read the description of HS Phone, and I don't believe that it is intended for such use. Seems to me that I remember using something almost like this in the pre-Internet days. Any thoughts?

Thanks, John

[rocco]

'Dial-up networking server' is what it was called in Win95. 'Remote Access Server' (RAS) is what it was called in WinNT. I don't know what it's called now, but it's included with windows. It's a matter of figuring out how to install it.

I use to use it a lot. It was real easy. I could dial in to work, login, and my machine becomes a member of the network. I had the option of having the server hangup and call me back, either at a predefined number or a number specified at login. It was more secure than PPTP.

[Rupp]

What "High Speed Provider" requires a login. My cable modem service doesn't require any type od login?

-Rupp

[jrooks]

Mine doesn't either. I saw the login comment in a document for a DSL modem.

[Jebus]

I believe the login is stored in the cbos nvram to establish the connection initially and if you ever reboot the dsl modem. How does a cable modem do this?

On how to set up a modem to modem connection, You could set up a freesco router as a dial-in router and obtain access to your network that way..........JG

[zoomkat]

The below document tells how to set up netmeeting for a modem to modem connection. This type setup also works for other tcp/ip applications such as web servers. The dialin server on win95/98 will only answer on the first ring, which may present a problem of it grabbing the line before people can answer if desired. The way to get a round this is to get a distinctive ring number from the phone co (~$3/mo) and have the modem answer the distinctive ring for the dialin server. One possible way to check on things at a remote location.

http://www.noeld.com/dlpapers.htm