Would an IPIP tunnel between the two Linux boxes (running Samba) be any
use. I have a similar config (not using COM ports tho) to give a client a
homogenous Windows network across two sites.
Howard.
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On Sat, 27 May 2000, Andrew Macks wrote:
>
> Just wondering if anybody could lend a few ideas on how to achieve the
> following.
>
> I have a link looking like this:
>
> Box A (Win 98)
> | Intranet
> | Linux Box
> | Internet
> | Linux Box
> | Intranet
> | Box B (Win 2000)
>
>
> What I would like to do is mimic a COM port on Box A which is linked to
> another pretend COM port on Box B.
>
> Does anybody have much experience which programs which do this and where I
> can obtain them from?
>
> What I am trying to do is get a game of Transport Tycoon Deluxe going over
> the Internet :)
>
> We've tried an IPX gateway, but it's putting too much traffic and the
> latency is killing it. The game also has null modem & modem options,
> which I'm hoping have less bloated packet algorithms.
>
> Andrew.
>
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