Re: dial-up and wireless networking

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Okay, that makes sense. I must have glanced over and missed that specific
bit of information.

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"Chuck" <none@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:lfunt1lsks9eecaf7947t6vo7bimtr79j1@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 16:44:00 -0500, "Richard G. Harper"
> <rgharper@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>You're confusing me, Chuck. Granted, that's not difficult most days; but
>>how exactly is a garden-variety router going to share a dial-up ICS
>>connection? I looked at your referenced web page and it keeps saying
>>"Ethernet-based" and that just ain't what we're talking about here.
>
> Richard,
>
> You have to look at the router specs. Dial-up routers have a DB9 port for
> a
> serial cable, in addition to the Ethernet port, attached to the WAN side
> of the
> router. You connect a standard full service serial modem to the DB9 port,
> and
> setup the phonebook entry thru the router management web page. The router
> manages the modem just as Dial Up Networking would in Windows, and shares
> the
> Internet service thru its LAN, just like any other NAT router.
>
> I myself use an SMC7008ABR when my DSL goes out. I hook up my phone line
> to the
> modem, power the modem and SMC up, and I can be back online in 10 - 15
> minutes.
> Would be sooner if my ISP didn't occasionally change their phone numbers.
> :(
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
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> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck mvps org.


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