I used to run an ISP
I also have my system configured so I can dial into it
while I am on the road. This gives me internet and mail
access. (I have a T1 with my own mail server)
You are going to run into a few of problems with your idea.
1. It is probably against the user agreement of your isp.
2. You will need additional phone lines at your location ($12-$15 each)
3. You will need to have the phone company "roll over" all calls to your
extra lines to 1 number.
4. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE THAN 33.6K CONNECTIONS
to your friends and family without digital lines at your location. In
order to get the "fast" 56k, you gotta be digital (at least on the
dial-in server side)
5. Without setting up your own mail server, you will not be able to provide
email addresses for your "clients"
You will run into more.
If your motive for this project is to learn about dial up servers, it is a
great project.
If your motive is profit, forget it. Hire a professional to do the setup.
Todd
On Sunday 18 August 2002 10:06 am, you wrote:
> 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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