On Tuesday 22 October 2002 09:22 am, eeyan - sysad wrote: > Speaking of. I will be planning to make a Dial-in server using Redhat > linux 7.1 on an AMD k62 machine with 128MB memory. I have a few concerns.
you might want to add more ram if you plan to have more than 3 simultaneous connections. > 1. How man dial-up lines can it handle? Max number of modems I can > put in it? on our box with amdxp1500/512 ram we can handle up to 12 connections/modems. we use equinox multiport serial adapters. > 2. I only have one public IP on my network and I would just use > IP/MASQ on the gw box. Can my dial-up users have access to the internet > through the IP/MASQ server too which is on another Box but on the same > hub? not sure about this.... others might have opinions on this but as for our setup, we only have one box for the gw and the dialin server with one public ip. > 3. What is the recommended modem that I use for RedHat 7.1 we use US robotics and diamond supra express, but of course any external modem will do. > 4. Are there any sites I can goto where I can get instructions on how > to properly set-up the dial-in. you might want to try: http://www.datebo.com/areas/linux/ppp.dialin.server/pers-5.html http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO/index.html hth gracie _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
