internet modem sharing

My guess is that there's a conflict between your msg/fax (which is expecting a dial up connection) and the network adapter (TCP/IP?)

I'd like to suggest you use an ISDN router (like a WebRamp or a NetGear), that way the internet 'gateway' is available to either PC without 'modem sharing' and the internal fax/modem should work just fine.

-Bill

yeah cheers bill, but i was hoping/cant belive that m/soft would produce something that didn't work with say something as simple as ms fax. the router option i know is the answear but customer was promised solution by sales guys and was trying a work around.

Cheers Lloyd, ok, I've sure been in your situation, those sales guys can really lay one on us tech types. Have you tried this...

Either remove/disable the fax/modem in the client PC and share the dialup modem in the host PC?

That might work, given that the only dial out port the client 'sees' is the one in the host.

If that doesn't work, I'll ask a couple other folks I know and see if we can't find you that work around.

-Bill