Afaik, TCP/IP interfaces to a packet driver, which then works directly with the
NIC. It shouldn't matter over which medium you're ultimately communicating, as
long as it presents the packet interface which TCP/IP expects.
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On Jul 10, 2018, 1:23 PM, David McMackins wrote:
> Even if I did, that doesn't answer my question. Even if I get connected
> to dial-up, will TCP/IP applications still work, or will they complain
> about drivers since they are trying to access a NIC?
>
> Happy Hacking,
>
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> On 2018-07-10 12:17, Louis Santillan wrote:
>> Have you tried setting up a Linux box as a dial-up server? [0]
>>
>> [0] [https://www.howtoforge.com/linux_dialin_server](<a
>> href=)">https://www.howtoforge.com/linux_dialin_server [8]
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2018 at 9:10 PM David McMackins <cont...@mcmackins.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I have a 1998 Sony Vaio running FreeDOS. This model did not include
>>> an
>>> ethernet controller (or wlan), but it does have an old modem in it.
>>> I've
>>> been going through the networking guide referred to by Rugxulo, and
>>> I
>>> got down to running NICSCAN.EXE only to realize *oops!* this
>>> computer
>>> doesn't even have an ethernet card.
>>>
>>> Supposing I could find a working phone line and dial-up service to
>>> connect the modem to, is there hope of using TCP/IP applications
>>> like
>>> wget over it using the software available to me?
>>>
>>> Happy Hacking,
>>>
>>> David E. McMackins II
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