Dail up from the server 1

[donaldmannion]

I had Cable Modem service but cancelled it lately because of RF connectivity problems. Well now I am using dial up. Cause all of my computers dont have dial up modems I was wanting to use my server ,since it has a dial up modem too. In other words, when I use my upstairs laptop on the network. and I click on netzero it will use the modem on the server and not search for a modem on the laptop. That way I can get on the internet on any pc in the house. With the cable modem service it wasn't a problem. Can someone help me out on this?

thanks
Don Mannion

 

[saintpi]

You can definitely connect to the internet from any computer that is on the network (LAN. But you have to be more specific for me to help. e.g.
1. What OS is the server running?
2. What OS are the other computers running?
3. Do you have a LAN in place with all the computers connected?
4. Does your laptop connect to the server via LAN or through Dial-up (modem)

note: OS = Operating system

 

[Seaspray0]

You can do it through one of two routes... Internet Connection Sharring (ICS) or configure Network Address Translation (NAT) in routing and remote access. You can't use ICS under some server configurations (Server will give error message when you try to configure it).

NAT and ICS are very similar. One of the major problems I've found with NAT is that the server WILL answer the phone on incomming calls and I've found no way to dissable this. The alternative is to use ICS on a client computer to share your network when you can't use it on the server, or get a second phone line.

Windows help contains alot of information about both, read it.

 

[donaldmannion]

I am using Windows 2000 server and windows 2000 for all the PCs