Modem sharing

"Dr. S.K. Singh" (sks@goat.up.nic.in)
Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:22:49 +0530


On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Gert Doering wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 01:07:23PM +0200, Danni Finne wrote:
> > I want to share 3 modems out by linux redhat 6 to win98/nt ws clients.
> > 
> > I've heard that maybe mgetty can deal with this and also in a way act as the
> > client software on the client machines...
> 
> mgetty is only for dial in, and sendfax is only to provide a fax server
> (to windows and other clients).  Both do not share the modems itself to
> the Windows box.

I think what above message means that connecting three modems via three
different ports i.e. ttyS0, ttyS1 and ttyS2 etc. The answer may be yes I
think. 


S.K. Singh