I didn't notice you said bridging the modems until after I hit send. Sorry. Smoothwall will get several computers connected to one device. Although with some thought one could bridge more devices together. (I know that's what you originally wanted. ) You might want to check this regarding the busy signal problem: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-17.html Again, sorry about that. On Tuesday 18 September 2001 05:55 am, you wrote:
I am with a government agency and our NY office has lost the dedicated network connection. I have been asked to find a temporary solution ASAP. I know this can be done but just need some help with some details. I only will have dial-up access, so I would like to take 2 or 3 modems and be able to "bond" them for one ppp0 connection on both ends. I will have the ability to control the connections on both ends, so both boxes will be SuSE7.2 w/ 2.4.4. I noticed the multilink PPP is an experimental option in the kernel. Or would EQL be a better option? Also, I currently have 2 external modems connected but get a busy signal when I try to access /dev/ttyS1, even if it is the only one connected. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA