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  From: Steve Bolbot <sjb@binarylogic.com.au>
  To  : Mick Reed <mreed@avtb.com.au>
  Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 09:17:27 +1000

Re: Modem Sharing

At 08:04 24/11/98 +1100, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I want to put a modem on my Red Hat server and redirect the COM ports on
>the Win95/98 stations to the appropriate TCP/IP address. Any ideas,
>particularly re freeware/shareware redirection programs.
>
I think the program you're after is DialOut/IP. It sets up "virtual" COM
ports on your Win9x box and can redirect any connection to this port to
another machine's port via TCP/IP. There's also a unix-side program called
mserver, which is a daemon that monitors a port (presumably on your linux
box) and provides an interface between that port and your modem. Such a
setup could be used to send a fax from your Win9x box with a modem
connected to your linux box.
Hope this is actually relevant to what you were asking. If it's not, then I
hope someone else finds this info useful :)
- Steve Bolbot

PS I don't know the site that DialOut/IP is on. A reasonable web search
engine will show it, though.
- SB
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Steven Bolbot
Binary Logic Pty Ltd
257 Churchill Rd 
Prospect   5082
Adelaide South Australia
http://www.binarylogic.com.au/

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