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

Can't help with your request, but do have a connection solution if she will be using less than 10 hours a month.
http://www.access4free.com
is what I use when I'm away from my broadband with my laptop, and need to do a quick check of my email.

At least that will get her started til you solve your problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com 
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka
> Sent: 08 Nov 2004 4:18 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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