dunno about some ISP's, but our ISP wants us to have our own DNS servers, webservers, and even mail servers if we want....
If you fancy some fiddling, I'd do something along the lines of NAT (Network Address Translation) routed over PPP... that way, the ISP is unlikely to know you are even doing it. (also known by sum as Internet Connection Sharing). you then will not have to assign the each a real IP address. (NAT will allow you to give them a private IP address. eg 192.168.0.8) you will need a couple of phone lines.. and a couple of modems.. (assuming your users are allowed to be on at the same time.) but it won't be all that common, so you will have to do some hacking. (one of the free "floppy distos" does this I believe.) can't remember which one though. rgds Franki -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 10:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I want to be a dialup server Isaac Curtis wrote: > On Sunday 18 August 2002 01:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I am going to have a fast internet connection soon and would like to be >>able to provide friends/family with dialup internet access using a comp at >>my place as the server. Is this possible? What hardware do I need? What >>software do I need to learn? RTFM all you wish, I'd actually appreciate it, >>I just don't even know what I'm looking for at this point. >> >>Peace, >>Isaac >> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > Okay, I just read Josh Gentry's Linux Dialin Server Setup Guide > (http://www.swcp.com/~jgentry/pers.html) which seems like it'd be fine and > dandy if I had just one modem and just one person looking to leech off my > connection, but in my case I've got two and I have to assume it's a little > more complicated. Do I need an additional modem for the extra piggybacker? An > additional phone line? I know all users dial a normal ISP at the same number > so that doesn't make much sense, and I have no idea about just how many > modems are sitting in the server room of a local station so I really am at a > very introductory level here. Any manual referrals or straight information > would be great. > > Thanks, > Isaac Isaac, The very first question you really need to get answered is, "Is my ISP going to sit still for this?" Depending on who your cable internet service is going to be, if indeed it is cable service you're going to be getting, most do not allow their customers to do what you're thinking about. In fact they're so anul about this that they don't even allow their customers to operate their own personal webservers while connected to their service. So, I have real strong doubts as to whether or not you're going to be able to do what you're suggesting. Mark a.k.a. daRcmaTTeR
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