Connecting two computers with modem?

[rodan]

I should know this, but, I have times where my brain shorts out, loosing information it had, just like my notes and filing system,,,,, can you connect two computers, via the modems, ( not network cards ) and, ring the other up, making connection between the two, so, you can send and receive information back and forth?

 

[JackMDS]

There are a variety of software packages that does it for you; the most known is pcAnywhere by Symantec.

pcAnywhere

 

[rodan]

To be more specific, what I want to do, it connect two computers, in my home, with a phone line cable, Rj11, hooking them up directly, not through the house phone line, just a direct "rj11 cable" connection, between the modems in each of the two computers. I'm reading the help section on "Dial up Server" in WIndows 98se, seems like it should do it, says I have to have one of the computers set up as a Server, but, again, maybe there is more to it. I found a shareware program called " Remote Administrator" that, according to the instructions, might do this. I will do some searches on the net, for sites that go over networking configurations, too. I was hoping maybe someone reading this is actually doing this in there home, right now.

 

[Cyph3r]

You cannot just plug a RJ11 cable between 2 modems and hope to share any information. If you choose not to use 2 NIC's for this purpose, then pick up a DB9 serial cable and plug the 2 computers together, you can now use programs like LapLink or perhaps Windows 2K/XP/98 itself to connect to the 2 computers. Regards

 

[NzAnE2K]

I dont think you can connect 2 computers directly with a modem. You can just get a couple network cards, a hub, and some RJ45 wires and have a network. Those stuff arent really expensive.