[dba-Tech] Determine if modem should answer or not.

Drew Wutka dbatech at wolfwares.com
Tue Nov 9 05:23:21 CST 2004


That's what I thought.  She lives across the street.  At least 300 yards.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Jon Tydda
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2004 3:23 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Determine if modem should answer or not.


I was going to suggest that, but I wasn't sure of the range. 300 yards is
quite a distance, even for a directional antenna.


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com]
Sent: 09 November 2004 00:51
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Determine if modem should answer or not.


Forget telephony.  Get her a wireless NIC that will take an external
antenna.  Build / buy a coffee can directional antenna.  Connect it to her
wireless NIC, and thus her to your wireless router.  She now has screaming
internet access.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1641185,00.asp
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
http://www.turnpoint.net/wireless/has.html

Or just google pringle antenna

Other useful places.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1273593,00.asp
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,37024,00.asp

This stuff actually works

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 7:18 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: [dba-Tech] Determine if modem should answer or not.


Okay, I have a problem, that I am relatively clueless on where to start.
I'll try to make this short and sweet.  My best friend in the world lives
about 1000 feet from me.  She has had a cell phone, and cell phone only for
a while.  Her budget is very tight.  She has a computer (actually a little
better then my home desktop), but no way to get on the internet.  She
doesn't have cable, and until recently, no land phone.

Her mother is getting her a land phone.  Now she would like internet
connectivity.  So would I, cause I would like to be able to just email her
sometimes!  Problem, even really cheap dialup is $9.99 a month, and that's
money she can barely spend.

I, on the other hand, have a SCREAMING DSL connection (3 mgb down, and 384kb
up).  I also have Windows 2000 server, which has Routing and Remote Access,
so I can actually connect her to my network, and thus out to the internet,
through RAS.  That, I can do.  Problem, one, I have no modem.  (I'm working
on that!)  Two, I only have one phone line, and there is no reason for me to
have 2.  The second line would be just for her, and would also be more
expensive then her just getting dialup. If I connect my home phone to my
server, however, it will answer on every call.  Sort of annoying, because
then I lose my answering machine, and I wouldn't get messages.  What I need
to do, is to have the modem pickup, only if the caller id (which I have)
matches HER home number. (If she wants to call me, she can call me with her
cell).

Any ideas?  I know I'll need to use Telephony, but that is the limit of what
I know on this subject.

Drew


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