Re: [NTLK] Internet sharing

From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Wed Sep 01 2004 - 13:11:24 PDT


On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 08:24:43PM +0100, Edmund Blackadder wrote:
> Hi, list
>
> I am connecting my 2000U with my mac using escale and a network card
> (via TCP/IP).
> Now my question is: Can I share my (dial-up, 56K modem) internet
> connection with my newton?

Yes.

> I want to do it mostly for experimenting and testing the various
> internet related packages without paying for GPRS (my pcmcia modem is
> not good for this job, as it drains the batteries veeery fast).

Heh. So does wired ethernet; it's not AS bad as wireless, but it's still
enough to watch the battery level bubble back up 15% or so when the card
shuts down.

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