Modems and Networks. Dual Modem Use?

(In the land of RHL 9) I get the impression that within Linux-land that modems and
networks overlap. For example, I believe I configured my US Robotics external modem
when I went to the Main->Internet->Kppp item. In any case, when I want to connect to
the internet, I use that same sequence to dial out. In trying to connect up a local
network, I stumbled onto another modem connection when using the Network Device
Control item on the main menu> selections. I found that I could configure a modem
there, as well as my ethernet card. This (modem config there) was quite confusing,
but I'm beginning to suspect that the purpose here is to allow anyone on the local
network to dial out with a common modem kept on one machine. I kept running into an
assignment on a parallel port attached to my SIIG 2S 1P card. The tool showed a
default modem called Trio on the SIIG port. Can someone fill me on what is going on?
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On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:21:18 GMT, W. Watson
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> (In the land of RHL 9) I get the impression that within Linux-land
> that modems and networks overlap.

Not only in Linux-land. Whenever PPP is used, the modem is being used
as a network device.

> This (modem
> config there) was quite confusing, but I'm beginning to suspect that
> the purpose here is to allow anyone on the local network to dial out
> with a common modem kept on one machine.

You can also allow people to dial in and connect to your local network
and/or the internet.

> I kept running into an
> assignment on a parallel port attached to my SIIG 2S 1P card. The tool
> showed a default modem called Trio on the SIIG port. Can someone fill
> me on what is going on?

Is anything connected to the serial port of that card? If not, I'm as
puzzled as you are.

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Bill Marcum wrote:

> On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 15:21:18 GMT, W. Watson
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>(In the land of RHL 9) I get the impression that within Linux-land
>>that modems and networks overlap.
>
>
> Not only in Linux-land. Whenever PPP is used, the modem is being used
> as a network device.
>
>
>>This (modem
>>config there) was quite confusing, but I'm beginning to suspect that
>>the purpose here is to allow anyone on the local network to dial out
>>with a common modem kept on one machine.
>
>
> You can also allow people to dial in and connect to your local network
> and/or the internet.
So if I put a modem into the network configuration, then I can dial into my phone and
expect the modem to provide passage into my network? Does that sort of work like a
FAX? Sounds like that might require a considerable effort to configure.

Is there an ability to use such a modem from elsewhere on my local net? That is, can
I dial out from another machine? Perhaps that's where Samba comes in.
>
>
>>I kept running into an
>>assignment on a parallel port attached to my SIIG 2S 1P card. The tool
>>showed a default modem called Trio on the SIIG port. Can someone fill
>>me on what is going on?
>
>
> Is anything connected to the serial port of that card? If not, I'm as
> puzzled as you are.
>
My external modem.

--
Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
(121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time)
Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet
(Formerly Homo habilis, erectus, heidelbergensis and now sapiens)

"The free market is a great thing--we should try it sometime."
-- Jim Hightower

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