[plug] Modem sharing

[Garth Atkinson]

Hello Nick

That first link to the metalab site looks like a very elegant solution. I
didnt download the sredir tgz. Are you trying to get a linux host to connect
to a modem being shared from a MS Windows server (sic)?

I would presume Backoffice uses a proprietry protocol for modem sharing. I
am not aware of any standards in this area so if needed, Micros~t would just
create  their own.

Garth

Nick Bannon wrote:

> At the last Monday meeting there was a guy (sorry - I've forgotten your
> name) wondering about "modem sharing" - ie making a server machine's
> serial ports available to other machines.
>
> While this is a pretty normal feature of dedicated terminal servers and
> now Microsoft have come up with a version in their Small Business
> Server, I didn't know how to do it under Linux. (I have a vague idea
> about it using LAT with DEC systems)
>
> I missed the obvious, though - there's a mini-HOWTO on it ;
>
> http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Windows-Modem-Sharing.html
>
> Additionally, I came across this on freshmeat.net ;
>
> ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/serial/sredird-1.1.5.tar.gz
>
> I chanced across a discussion the other day which mentioned what protocol
> Backoffice uses for modem sharing, unfortunately I've forgotten where
> that was... Any ideas, anyone?
>
> Nick.
>
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