remote dial up

I have a small LAN at home, consisting of 3 WinXP
computers and a Windows98 machine that i have as a gatewa
server to the net via a modem.
I want to be able to dial up the modem remotly from my
WinXP computers via a simple shortcut on the desktop.
The only way i can think of is using a remote command
that would dial up a DUN (dial up networking) connection,
to do this tho i need to know the DOS command for DUN

how can i do this? are there any better ways?

please help

In article <050601c3b1bd$237a9fc0$(E-Mail Removed)>, "Jazzy Jay"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I have a small LAN at home, consisting of 3 WinXP
>computers and a Windows98 machine that i have as a gatewa
>server to the net via a modem.
>I want to be able to dial up the modem remotly from my
>WinXP computers via a simple shortcut on the desktop.
>The only way i can think of is using a remote command
>that would dial up a DUN (dial up networking) connection,
>to do this tho i need to know the DOS command for DUN
>
>how can i do this? are there any better ways?
>
>please help

Here are two easy alternatives to get what you want:

1. Install Remote Disconnect Utility on all of the computers. It lets
the client computers dial or hang up the host computer's connection.
Go to this web page and click "Downloads" to access it:

Remote Disconnect Utility
http://www.twiga.fsbusiness.co.uk/index.htm

2. Use WinXP as the Internet sharing host instead of Win 98. XP's
Internet Connection Sharing has a built-in Internet Gateway feature
that lets the client computers dial or hang up the host computer's
connection.
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"Jazzy Jay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:050601c3b1bd$237a9fc0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a small LAN at home, consisting of 3 WinXP
> computers and a Windows98 machine that i have as a gatewa
> server to the net via a modem.
> I want to be able to dial up the modem remotly from my
> WinXP computers via a simple shortcut on the desktop.
> The only way i can think of is using a remote command
> that would dial up a DUN (dial up networking) connection,
> to do this tho i need to know the DOS command for DUN
>
> how can i do this? are there any better ways?
>
> please help

I use 602pro LAN (free for up to 5 users). One of the options is to log
onto the host computer through a web browser and you can remotely control
dial up from any client PC.

Thanks so much for your helo guys ive been trying to
find an easy solution for ages

cheers!