>So, what I would like to do is find out if there is a way in which I can
>call my Linux machine from a regular telephone and have it connect to the
>Internet via my ISP. No, I don't want to set it up as a PPP Server and
>remotely connect to it. Instead, I want to be able to use any telephone
>(no modem here) to call my machine. My Linux machine sees ring indicate
>on the modem and says to itself (aha, Rod's calling me, I better connect
>to the Internet so he can telnet to me from where ever he is). Since my
>Linux machine gets a static IP address from my ISP, all I would need to do
>is to call my computer, let it ring once (or twice), hang up, connect to
>the Internet, and then telnet to my Linux machine.
>
>So, my question is, has any work to accomplish anything like this already
>been done? I would rather use something existing than to "reinvent the
>wheel" so to speak.
I do that often using xringd.
Andrea[s] Arcangeli
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