<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >The Client Side</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Modem Sharing mini-HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="The Server Side" HREF="the-server-side.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Security Considerations" HREF="security-considerations.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Modem Sharing mini-HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="the-server-side.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="security-considerations.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="THE-CLIENT-SIDE" >3. The Client Side</A ></H1 ><P >At this time, only Windows client setups are described here. On the client PC, a COM-port redirector for TCP/IP is required. The best program for this purpose I have found is <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >DialOut/IP</SPAN > from Tactical Software for <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows 3.1</SPAN > and <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows 95</SPAN >. (The <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows 3.1</SPAN > version can be used under <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows NT</SPAN > for 16-bit applications only. A 32-bit version for <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows NT</SPAN > is due late summer 1997.)</P ><P ><SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >DialOut/IP</SPAN > presents the shared modem on a new virtual COM port that it adds to <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows</SPAN >. This virtual COM port can be used by <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows</SPAN > programs as if the shared modem is directly connected. Most client applications (including <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >Windows 95</SPAN > dial-up networking) accept this and work as if there were a real COM port and modem, with the general exception being fax applications or any others that need access to UART control lines. <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >DialOut/IP</SPAN > can be configured to provide telnet protocol processing, but that feature applies to certain modem pool products and not to the Linux setup described in this file. Note that, despite its name, <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >DialOut/IP</SPAN > can be used also by applications that wait for incoming calls.</P ><P >On <A HREF="http://www.tactical-sw.com/" TARGET="_top" >http://www.tactical-sw.com/</A > there is a page for downloading a fully functional evaluation version that times out in 1-2 weeks. Installation and configuration is handled by a setup program, with installation details in the <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >README.TXT</TT > file. When you run <SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >DialOut/IP</SPAN >, you enter the IP address and port number of the shared modem.</P ><P ><SPAN CLASS="PRODUCTNAME" >DialOut/IP</SPAN > is a commercial product that is licensed on a per-modem basis, that is, the price depends on the number of modems that you are sharing. The license states that you can install the software on any number of PC's that access the shared modems.</P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="the-server-side.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="security-considerations.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >The Server Side</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Security Considerations</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >
