It would probably be best to find a more expert level list to post this
question to. Most questions considered "newbie" in nature involve
getting minor programs or the OS itself to just work. Your question
concerns the equivalent of running a micro-ISP.
James Little wrote:
>
> Here's the deal. I have a DSL connection that all the computers on my LAN
> share. We have an extra phone line that noone calls cause it used to be our
> dial-up internet connection. My brother is cheap and doesn't want to pay
> for his own internet acount, so here's what we did in windows 2000. His
> modem dials mine and we get a pretty good connection(44K or better). When
> you open network neighborhood it looks like his machine is just another
> computer on my network, so it gives him internet, file, and printer access
> just like the rest of us. Granted it is slower, but his connection is just
> as functional as anyone elses hanging directly on the network. The DSL
> modem is on it's own port on the network and has it's own IP. To connect to
> the net I just set everyone's machine up to use the DSL's IP as a gateway
> and it has worked beautifully.
> How do I set up Linux on my machine to answer the phone when it rings and
> allow him access to the network? I have kept the IP the same for all the
> OS's I boot to for ease of use, and have tried to simplify everything. Do I
> just set the machine up as an internet server, or what? Do I use IP
> forwarding? When I set him up as a user, does he need to be a PPP user or a
> general user? Since it is a local call, alot of the time we'll just connect
> and leave it connected for days, but since I've moved primarily to Linux it
> renders my machine boring to me when he wants to go onto the web. Maybe I
> just have my head up my but, but I'm totally lost here. I know it would be
> easier if I had a another machine set up that I could dedicate to this and a
> couple of other small tasks, but I'm still in the works on that, and I need
> a temporary fix. Any help would be appreciated.
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