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  1. Apr 6th, 2001, 03:17 PM #1
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    Is it possible to connect 2 computers using phone line without dialing phone number.. Actually I have 2 computers in my room with modem (but not with LAN card) and i want to make a small net using existing hardware .. is it possible to do that useing MSComm Control or any other API? Please help me regarding this if possible...
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  2. Apr 6th, 2001, 03:21 PM #2
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    It's not possible to do it with regular modems. If you have null modems, you can get a null modem cable, but that would probably be more expensive than buying two cheap lan cards ($15 each) and a crossover cable.
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    I'm not sure if you can do this with software, but I know you can buy phone line network hardware. Not sure how much or how common it is, but I've seen it around.
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  4. Apr 6th, 2001, 03:35 PM #4
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    Thanks for replying me, but is it possible to using MSComm Control and maintaning serial communications between computers, without modem??
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  6. Apr 6th, 2001, 04:52 PM #5
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    I'm sure it is however you would need a NULL modem cable. This is a special cable that works on your serial ports of your computers.

    Its not very fast though. A couple of cheap Net cards and a cross over cable like MidgetsBro suggested is much faster. (My two cents )

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