Drew Wutka
dbatech at wolfwares.com
Mon Nov 8 18:18:09 CST 2004
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