Is it possible to connect two computers in the same home to the internet with only dial up connection ? How?

Question

We only have one phone line and want t o hook up 2 computers so we can each be connected to the internet and at different sites at the same time . Thanks for any help you can give me .

Answer 1

Yes, you have to use internet connection sharing. Here is a breakdown i found

http://www.ezlan.net/DialUp.html

Answer 2

Yes, though I have not done that for a while, you have to first designate which machine has dial-up modem hooked and which is not. Then you need to setup rudimentary network on the two; network them whichever way you choose to do then follow the Internet Conn Sharing advice above.

Or, if ICS is too hard, you can run Apache Webserver on the modem computer in proxy mode, in this mode it is not Web server but a simple proxy server, have the other machine refer a Proxy so that it knows to send Web request to the Proxy and Proxy does the talking on behave of the other machine.

Apache in Proxy mode is just a step above actually telnet to a UNIX machine for Web, but it works.

Answer 3

Yes, ICS is the cheap answer, assuming you run Windows. You'll need NICs in both PCs and tie them together with a crossover or hub/switch. (some newer network cards will autodetect and crossover but that is a fairly recent feature)
With ICS configured, you can use one PC as a host that dials up the connection when either PC tries to get out to the net.

Answer 4

connects 2 PCs to the same phone line is possible what is not possible is use at same time, in order to do that you have to get a DSL, or get a second phone line

Answer 5

I think maybe you can get one to have a wireless and at the other one set up a signal thing.