setting up a hybrid network

A friend asked me the following question, and I told her I thought it might work, but that I would try to find out for sure.
So, can anyone shed some light on this subject? TIA

We are trying to network our computers together, we have a desktop and 2 laptops and we are trying to get them to access the internet independently from each other, without having to have one on all the time.

What I want to know is:
if you get a router that is technically made for cable/dsl, can you make it work with dial-up if you get a RJ45 to DB25 cable that will connect an external modem to the RJ45 port where the cable/dsl line would plug in?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Dan Boyd"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>A friend asked me the following question, and I told her I thought it might
>work, but that I would try to find out for sure.
>So, can anyone shed some light on this subject? TIA
>
>We are trying to network our computers together, we have a desktop and
>2 laptops and we are trying to get them to access the internet independently
>from each other, without having to have one on all the time.
>
>What I want to know is:
> if you get a router that is technically made for cable/dsl, can you make it
>work with dial-up if you get a RJ45 to DB25 cable that will connect an
>external modem to the RJ45 port where the cable/dsl line would plug in?

What you want is possible, Dan, but not quite the way that you
propose.

The output from an external serial modem isn't compatible with a
router's Ethernet input, no matter how you might wire such a cable.

Some routers have a built-in serial port and dial-up networking
software that lets them connect to an external serial modem and share
a dial-up connection between multiple computers. I have two of them
(SMC Barricade 7004BR , D-Link DI-704), and there are undoubtedly
others.
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No, but you can purchase a router that has a serial port to plug in an
external modem...

"Dan Boyd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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A friend asked me the following question, and I told her I thought it might
work, but that I would try to find out for sure.
So, can anyone shed some light on this subject? TIA

We are trying to network our computers together, we have a desktop and 2
laptops and we are trying to get them to access the internet independently
from each other, without having to have one on all the time.

What I want to know is:
if you get a router that is technically made for cable/dsl, can you make it
work with dial-up if you get a RJ45 to DB25 cable that will connect an
external modem to the RJ45 port where the cable/dsl line would plug in?

Steve Winograd [MVP] wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, "Dan Boyd"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> A friend asked me the following question, and I told her I thought
>> it might work, but that I would try to find out for sure.
>> So, can anyone shed some light on this subject? TIA
>>
>> We are trying to network our computers together, we have a desktop
>> and 2 laptops and we are trying to get them to access the internet
>> independently from each other, without having to have one on all the
>> time.
>>
>> What I want to know is:
>> if you get a router that is technically made for cable/dsl, can you
>> make it work with dial-up if you get a RJ45 to DB25 cable that will
>> connect an external modem to the RJ45 port where the cable/dsl line
>> would plug in?
>
> What you want is possible, Dan, but not quite the way that you
> propose.
>
> The output from an external serial modem isn't compatible with a
> router's Ethernet input, no matter how you might wire such a cable.
>
> Some routers have a built-in serial port and dial-up networking
> software that lets them connect to an external serial modem and share
> a dial-up connection between multiple computers. I have two of them
> (SMC Barricade 7004BR , D-Link DI-704), and there are undoubtedly
> others.

Thanks for the information Steve, I'll pass it along so that they will be sure to buy the proper equipment. Thanks again.

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Dan