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Is it possible to share a single modem connection between two clients at the same time?

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Is it possible to share a single modem connection between two clients at the same time?

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The nature of analog modems and a phone line limits any single modem to connecting to one phone number at a time, and if one application is using the modem to connect to a certain phone number, it would not be possible for another application to dial out to another phone number on that modem at same time. However, Windows has a feature called “Internet Connection Sharing” which can allow a PC to share one internet connection with other PCs on their local network. It does not matter if the source of the internet connection is thru a Dial-Up Networking (DUN) modem connection, or a full time connection such as DSL, cable, etc. NetModem can be used to make a DUN connection, and this DUN connection could be shared just as if it had been done on a local modem. For dialup applications other then DUN, you would need either multiple modems or a multi-modem PCI card, and you would also need multiple phone lines. NetModem is designed to “pool” multiple modems, so each time another user needs to d

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