A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> Hi
> At home my wife and I have two computers (win95 and Debian) and until
> recently had one modem. Connectng to the internet was simple, it all
> went through the Debian (potato) box. 
> 
> However, I have acquired at no cost another faster modem, unfortunately
> it is a WinModem.... (A US Robotics 56k Voice Win)

If it's based on the Lucent chipset (rather than the Rockwell) there's a
very remote chance that it'll work with Linux.

> 
> What I was wondering is there anyone out there that can point me to a
> piece of Windows (Yes! I know this is the debian mailing list) software 
> that can forward all my outgoing IP connections through the Winmodem 
> (in the Windows machine) in as transparent a manner as possible.

I've heard that certain versions of Win98 SE can do it, but only on
computers where Win98 SE was pre-installed.

> I got the winmodem for free, I would like to benefit from having it.
> (especially when I need to download the latest and greatest .debs!)

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Phil Brutsche                                   [EMAIL PROTECTED]

"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
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