Re: [SLUG] Modem Pooling

From: R P Herrold (herrold@owlriver.com)
Date: Wed Apr 17 2002 - 13:09:38 EDT


On 17 Apr 2002, Derek Glidden wrote:

> I think this is such an unusual request, and nobody's really actively
> maintaining any sort of "Linux modem pooling" software anymore, because
> it's mainly Windows boxes and proprietary vertical and embedded OS's
> that ever use modems to dial directly to each other anymore. Linux, by
> virtue of its inherently networkable architecture, just does everything
> over TCP/IP; whether via gigabit or dialup, it's still going to be
> TCP/IP at the bottom of it.

hunh? What are pppd and mgetty? I run dial up links which
cross connect and unconnect themselves all over the country,
under Linux.

-- Russ



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