connecting to x over phone lines

The_Eye_In_The_Sky syiwabhairawa at yahoo.com.sg
Sun Nov 30 04:58:30 UTC 2008


Linda wrote:

> Thanks for all the links. I think I understand how freenx works and am 
> pretty sure I could work it over my network, however I don't see how I 
> can do it with my modem connection. Right now I dial in using ckermit 
> and logon to a terminal session with getty  I don't think there would be 
> anyway to escape back to the local and have a connection between the 
> client and the server.  If you escape back and try to ssh it asks to 
> close the serial connection.  Is there a different way to connect to 
> computers using a modem on both ends, yet still allow me to connect  
> with kermit for terminal sessions. 

You have to run PPP or SLIP over the dial up connection. Then you can 
have TCP/IP on top of it and run X, VNC or Freenx.


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