Any decent modem can do 33.6 in both directions.. as for speed, there is not alot of difference in 33.6 to 56, especially since no one ever gets 56k anyway.. they shouldn't really know the difference.
Your PC is fine, you could probably get away with less then that for this purpose. As for wether or not it is faster then a busy ISP, it will be close, but it depends on the ISP. There would not be a huge amount in it, when I had my setup, I was still getting 4k downloads. Do some tests first to see on your results, depends on your phone lines too,, when you get them, try to ask for data lines, we did here and we got a cleaner connection.. (but I have ADSL now, so its not relivant any more.) hope that helps, regards Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Isaac Curtis Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I want to be a dialup server > -----Original Message----- > From: Isaac Curtis > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17/08/02 11:11 PM > Subject: [newbie] I want to be a dialup server > > 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 > -------------------------------------------- On Sunday 18 August 2002 13:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey Isaac! > > Its a pretty simple solution. the server is a very very small part of > it/.... all you need is server (small pentium) running somethign like > radius. Next you need modems for your people to connect too..... now > depending on the speed you want them to have, this could be something like > a portmaster 2 or portmaster 3. ( one is 56 K and the other you could plug > 33600 external modems to. ) > In my opinon.. just use the 33600 modems. Oh ya and you are going to also > need phone lines.... Email me back if you want more info..... I have both > of these units if you need one. > > Dan Well, I've got a Zoom 56 dualmode external faxmodem that obviously runs under Linux, so as long as that can do the 33.6 thing too I should be okay. (Can it?) I will need to go out and buy a second one, but not until I've played around with this stuff for a few months and am confident it's actually going to be worth the money for the modem to me and the phone line to them. Why do you recommend the 33.6 modem? My only concern is I don't want to be giving them half-assed service because these are my friends and family I'm talking about, not paying customers. What will the difference be to them between 33.6 & 56k? Since I'm going to have loads of extra bandwidth with this high speed connection, will that translate into slightly better speeds for my friends? I mean, when they (or I, for that matter) call their current dialup ISPs, are they realizing the absolute maximum bandwidth possible under 56k (or 33600) technology? I'm asking this really poorly, so I'll try to do it all in one simple sentence: All other things being equal, will two households dialing in to share my moderately fast but barely used cable connection realize faster or slower speeds than those same two households dialing into a busy local ISP server with thousands of customers sharing a blazing fast T1? I've got the small Pentium already, PII-266 with 160MB (I can give you all the specs if you'd like, and you can tell me if I need to upgrade). Any info you could possibly offer would be amazing, this was a really helpful email. Thanks, Isaac
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