Essentially the layout would be this. I have a computer with 4 internal
modems in it. Has to be internal, I can't do this with external
modems/serial ports. Somehow I get it configured so that I can telnet from
the internet to this "emulator" and it directs my telnet session to one of
the 4 free analog lines.
Now, there's some solutions like lantronix UDS devices, where the device has
an ethernet jack and a 25 pin serial port and it can be set to emulate an
external modem, so folks can telnet to this device and it then tricks the
computer into thinking a modem connection is made...
...but my scenario is different in that I want the connection going to the
PC to still be analog lines. So, this device would have to have some sort of
modem emulation of its own.
It sounds sort of off-the-wall, but I wanted to run it by the group to see
if it rang any bells. Maybe there's some situation where such a device
would have been developed, but I'm not seeing the connection yet. Perhaps
if you were putting a multiline BBS system (that didn't support external
modems) on a local LAN? Maybe that's stretching the boundaries of sensible
communications a bit :)
Pete