31 Jul
2005
31 Jul
'05
5:11 p.m.
On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Pete Bartusek wrote:
Just curious...has there ever been a device available
to anyone's knowledge
that functions like an analog phone line and allows transmission via TCPIP?
For example, taking an older BBS system that has 5 internal modems in it,
and plugging the lines into this "mystery" device and then being able to
telnet to different ports and it makes the connection to one of the ports?
I've seen the UDS-10 device from Lantronix to emulate a serial modem, so
essentially you can telnet to it from another PC and it fakes the computer
into thinking someone's "ringing the phone, etc...but I want to take it one
step back...leave the modems in place but emulate the phone lines.
If I understand what you're asking for, you would need something that
generates a ring signal, then converts TCP/IP packets to a modem carrier
and vice versa. Pretty funky. Hmm, check out Cisco's offerings.
If it rings any bells
So to speak.
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