Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 16 Dec 2004 02:01:38 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Issue on connect 2 modems with a single phone line |
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Hi!
> I want to try serial console in order to see the > complete Linux kernel oops. > I have 2 computers, one is a PC, and the other is a > Laptop. Unfortunately,my Laptop doesn't have a serial > port on it. But then, the each machine has a internal > serial modem respectively. > Then, can I use a telephone line to directly connect > the two machines via their internal modems (i.e. One > end of the telephone line is plugged into The PC's > modem, and the other end is plugged into The Laptop's > modem directly), and let them do the same function as > two serial ports and a null modem can do? If it is, > How to achieve that?
You'd need phone exchange to do this. Most modems will not talk using simple cable. With 12V power supply and resistor phone exchange is quite easy to emulate, but... Pavel -- People were complaining that M$ turns users into beta-testers... ...jr ghea gurz vagb qrirybcref, naq gurl frrz gb yvxr vg gung jnl! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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