> 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.
www.hackers-paradise.org has this.
Gerhard
-- Gerhard Mack irc admin voyager.starchat.netgmack@imag.net innerfire@starchat.net
As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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