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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!enews.sgi.com!EU.net!sun4nl!wirehub!news.euro.net!helpdesk.euronet.nl!sake From: sake@helpdesk.euronet.nl (Sake Blok) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Q: Shared modem on FreeBSD and Windows95 Date: 23 Aug 1996 16:04:04 GMT Organization: EuroNet Internet Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4vkkpk$9a8@news.euro.net> References: <4v6v8o$5ro@news.euro.net> <4vidli$kge@news.xs4all.nl> Reply-To: sake@euro.net NNTP-Posting-Host: helpdesk.euronet.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] : >In my network at home I have a FreeBSD-machine and a Windows'95 machine : >and my modem in connected to the FreeBSD-machine. But occasionally I'd : >like to use my modem from my WIndows95 machine and since I find switching : >the plugs not an elegant solution I wondered if there was something to : >use the FreeBSD-modem over the ethernet-network. I have searched for a : >while now, and all I can find are windows to windows solutions. : > : >Does anyone know if there is something out there that I can use? : Sorry to change the subject, but are you able to use the FreeBSD file : system on your Windows95 machine... 'cause this is what i need to do, : use the FreeBSD machine to store files that are accessible to every : machine... Can you please tell me if this is possible, and if so, how : you did this... You can use the samba-package to achieve that. You will be able to get your FreeBSD-disk (or a part of it) as a Network-drive on your Win'95 machine. I get a 400 Kbyte/s transfer rate over a (cheap) NE2000-ethernet-card. Cheers, Sake -- +------------------- There is a purpose to time: --------------------+ | Sake Blok EuroNet Internet | | e-mail: sake@euro.net Herengracht 208-214 | | http://www.euronet.nl/~sake 1016 BS Amsterdam | | telephone: +31 (0)20 625 6161 The Netherlands | +---------- It prevents everything from happening at once.-----------+