Windows® 98 Unleashed

Chapter 30. Remote Computing with Dial-Up Networking

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Dial-Up Networking Fundamentals

• Setting Up Windows 98 for Dial-Up Networking

• Connecting to the Remote Network

• Working with Dial-Up Networking Settings

• Using PPTP to Establish a Virtual Private Network Connection

• Configuring Microsoft Mail for Remote Sessions

• Using the Dial-Up Scripting Tool

• Using the Dial-Up Server

Far folks fare well.

English proverb

The networking techniques you've seen so far have assumed some kind of physical connection between machines. For standard peer-to-peer and client/server networks, the computers use a network card/cable package to connect to each other either directly or indirectly via a hub or router. For a Direct Cable Connection mini-network, two ...