Note:

1. Cable modems connect to your network with an Ethernet port.
2. DSL modems connect to your network with an Ethernet port.

3. External dial-up modems connect thru a serial port.

I can't get DSL where I live.
My cable company sucks and I fired them.
DirectWay costs too much.

I want to share my (dial-up) internet connection onto my LAN.
I want to plug my internet connection directly into my Dlink router
WAN port.

I know there are other ways to do this but the above is the way I want
to do it. Does anybody make a dial-up modem that connects thru an
ethernet port? Later, when (if??) DSL becomes available I can just
change modems.

-Bruce

Look for an Internet gateway with a dialup-modem backup. I have a
ZoomAir 4165 that has a print server, a couple of LAN ports, a broadband
Ethernet connection and a 9-pin serial port connector for a modem.
Before I got DSL, I'd allow the box to dial via the back-up modem as the
primary connection.

Jim

Bruce Bowen wrote:

In article <b824a8a0.0409201103.7480fd1e@posting.google.com>, Bruce Bowen
says...

Aside from Jim's suggested product, check out Netgear, SMC (one model each
with an RS-232 port which allows for a shared dial up connection); and even
D-Link has a model with a shared RS-232 port!

I know of no modems with an Ethernet port. I suppose it could be done, but
probably there is no real market for that, given the options available with
other products.

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

NormanM wrote:

There are routers with a modem built in, but they cost ludicrous amounts of
money unless you luck out on ebay.

--
--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

J. Clarke (jclarke@nospam.invalid) wrote:
:
: There are routers with a modem built in, but they cost ludicrous amounts of
: money unless you luck out on ebay.
:

There's one for under $ 100.00 US...

http://www.actiontec.com/products/te..._overview.html
Product Info - 56K External Modem

--Jerry Leslie
Note: leslie@jrlvax.houston.rr.com is invalid for email

LESLIE@JRLVAX.HOUSTON.RR.COM (leslie) wrote in message news:<W2d4d.12070$Qb.4379@fe2.texas.rr.com>...
Thanks! I went out an bought one. It hooked directly into my Dlink
rounter and worked great. All the PCs on my home network now have
direct (and simultaneous) access to the modem! Best dial-up solution
for a home network.

-Bruce

Bruce Bowen (brucebo@my-deja.com) wrote:
: LESLIE@JRLVAX.HOUSTON.RR.COM (leslie) wrote in message
: news:<W2d4d.12070$Qb.4379@fe2.texas.rr.com>...
: > J. Clarke (jclarke@nospam.invalid) wrote:
: > :
: > : There are routers with a modem built in, but they cost ludicrous
: > : amounts of money unless you luck out on ebay.
: > :
: >
: > There's one for under $ 100.00 US...
: >
: > http://www.actiontec.com/products/te..._overview.html
: > Product Info - 56K External Modem
:
: Thanks! I went out an bought one. It hooked directly into my Dlink
: rounter and worked great. All the PCs on my home network now have
: direct (and simultaneous) access to the modem! Best dial-up solution
: for a home network.
:

You're welcome.

Getting a webramp or netopia on ebay is cheap and does a very good job..
can even shotgun.