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- From: CZJ@CU.NIH.GOV
- Newsgroups: bionet.software
- Subject: Net access from home
- Message-ID: <9211210211.AA19613@net.bio.net>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 01:39:02 GMT
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- Is there any way to make a computer act like it is linked to
- the network even though it is hooked to a phone line through a
- modem?
-
- Background: My office computer is linked to the net through our LAN.
- I have become hooked using gopher and all of the other tools
- Dave Kristofferson has been preaching about.
-
- The problem is that the only time I have to really work with my computer
- is at home in the evening. The computer I log into from home
- is on the net (helix@nih.gov) and supports high speed modem connections.
- The price of 9,600 baud modems has come down to the point where
- I can afford to buy one.
-
- So now I am relegated to dialing in to helix, using the helix gopher server,
- or FTPing to other sites, transfering files back to helix,
- and then KERMITTING them back to my PC. Ugh.
-
- It owuld seem much better to use the PC version of gopher, somehow
- hook into helix through a modem but somehow mimic a network
- connection.
-
- Am I dreaming or is this realistic?
-
- Jim Cassatt
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