Analog modem emulator?

[Brad Parker]

"Pete Bartusek" wrote:
>Just curious...has there ever been a device available to anyone's knowledge
>that functions like an analog phone line and allows transmission via TCPIP?
>For example, taking an older BBS system that has 5 internal modems in it,
>and plugging the lines into this "mystery" device and then being able to
>telnet to different ports and it makes the connection to one of the ports?  

Heh. I worked one on once, but it had 2000 modems :-)  it was used by
large ISP to field dial-in calls but it could do dial-out also.

You might want a line emulator, which is sort of a "ring down line in a box".

It has 2 rj-11's and when one side goes off hook it can generate ring
voltage on the other side.  Those boxes are not very expensive.

-brad