networking (All)

[brianbek]

I was wondering if it is possible to network two computers using modems at home, using phone cable connected directly from one computer to another. I know that it is possible to do this with two phones and a battery.

[homeflash]

Use proxy server!!

go to www.download.com and search for proxy server, it's pretty good.

However, due to 56k modem line, it will be slower on other machine.

U just run the software in one machine, the other one uses 192.168.0.whatever you assign to the network card. You do need two netward cards though.

[brianbek]

the situation i actually ment was
cable modem ->computer1---phone line--->computer 2

[homeflash]

Acutally if you have a cablemodem, why use phone line? Again, if you see phone line as a backup, proxy server is a solution.

Of course, when you talk about network, always get a network card for each computer.

then use a cross over cable, then those computers can talk.