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"Dial up and ADSL"

Is it possible to have ADSL and a 56k dial up on one phone line. I want to put a 56k dial up on my laptop and keep my adsl on my desktop. Is it possible without getting another Phone line installed?

I will find myself in a similar situation soon. i.e. Two desktops down stairs (networked - crossover cable) and a laptop used mostly upstairs not normally on the network. Hopefully our exchange is soon to be Broadband enabled - which is when I will have a similar issue.

I was planning to go for what FREEOLA call a "ROUTER PACK" - hopefully this would allow me to have all machines on Broadband, BUT the important bit for me is to be able to use the laptop on Broadband without having to have the other PC's switched on (yes I will have to run a cable). If I were to rely on the networking as people are suggesting here - you would have to have the PC downstairs running for the thing to work ?

Hope this makes sense...

Miserableman wrote:
> Quazi wrote:
> I don't know how to network, and I can't be bothered to find out. My
> parents pay the phone bill so I don't particularly care about
> running
> ADSL/dialup simulataneously, and if our two computers are connected
> together my parents might find out about all the granny porn I have
> on my
> laptop. If I network I have to pay for the hardware, and it's extra
> heff
> for me despite being a lot easier than I could possibly imagine, so
> why
> bother?
>
> I fixed your post for you.
>
> If you can run a network cable up the stairs somehow, this is by far
> your cheapest/easiest option at somewhere less than £20. If
> your parents don't want a wire trailing up the stairs or nailed to
> the skirting board, you can look into wireless networking, but that
> will be more.


errrr.....thanks for fixing my post. We tried networking before and it did not work, but i tihnk the two cards were pretty old. We have the network cable running upstairs already. How much does a decent PCMCIA and PCI network card cost?!? And how much is a router?

Not networking your computers is indeed a bloody awful idea.

Quazi wrote:
> I don't know how to network, and I can't be bothered to find out. My
> parents pay the phone bill so I don't particularly care about running
> ADSL/dialup simulataneously, and if our two computers are connected
> together my parents might find out about all the granny porn I have on my
> laptop. If I network I have to pay for the hardware, and it's extra heff
> for me despite being a lot easier than I could possibly imagine, so why
> bother?

I fixed your post for you.

If you can run a network cable up the stairs somehow, this is by far your cheapest/easiest option at somewhere less than £20. If your parents don't want a wire trailing up the stairs or nailed to the skirting board, you can look into wireless networking, but that will be more.

Fair enough. I would be cheeper and get you faster internet on your laptop tho.

I dont particulaly(sp) want to network...

Quazi wrote:
> My laptops upstairs and my computers downstairs, how would i be able
> to connect to the internet without having to use the same phone
> socket for both computers?

Wireless network? You can get them now for about £50.

My laptops upstairs and my computers downstairs, how would i be able to connect to the internet without having to use the same phone socket for both computers?

Quazi wrote:
> Too expensive...



How about you look up the price before you say that. You'll make it back in one months saved phone bills. All you need is a network card in each machine and a crossover cable.

work out the price of the bits needed from ebuyer.co.uk, you wont find cheaper.