if you don't want to go as far as configuring radius etc., you could set this up fairly easily using the existing shell access and a program like slirp (a SLIP emulator which was fairly popular once upon a time) >===== Original Message From <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >Thank you all for replying. > >The situation is, I have a BPC account coming in to my place and >occasionally I go to a friends place or while I am working that doesn't have >net access. > >What I want to do rather than signing up for another internet account with >BigPond or somebody else (Can't afford to pay any more for net access), is >to dial-in to my own server and access the internet via that. > >I have with a bit of help been able to dial-in to my server, but only >getting shell access. > >Would I be better to swap to RADIUS and PORTSLAVE or try to get PPP access >on the now existing dial-in service. > >Please remember that I am still an infant with regards to Linux(Redhat >v6.2), so please be patient and give details on how to make changes. >Explanation as to why things are done a particular way would also be good. > >Thanks >Adrian > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - > > Phone: +61 4 0720 8910 > Facsimile: +61 4 0720 5410 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anthony Wood >> Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2000 10:40 >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Adrian >> Subject: Re: [SLUG] RADIUS SERVER FOR A DIAL-IN using >> "radius_2.0.1_Linux_2.0.tar.Z" >> >> >> >> If you do want RADIUS (because you can, or because you want to >> learn about it) you probably want >> portslave too. This makes your linux box act as a modem dial-in >> box. This will contact your >> RADIUS server for credentials. The RADIUS server I recommend is >> cistron radiusd (linked from >> http://www.freeradius.org/). Freeradius is an alpha release >> update on cistron. >> >> If you really want livingston radius, you will have to do: >> >> uncompress radius_2.0.1_Linux_2.0.tar.Z >> tar xvf radius_2.0.1_Linux_2.0.tar >> cd radius_2.01._Linux_2.0 >> ls >> >> then you should read any files called readme, install, the whole >> doc directory. >> >> if you want to find out about the commands you're typing: type >> man <command> e.g. man uncompress >> which will give you heaps of information about what the commands do. >> >> Of course if you just want to dial into your box, then mgetty is >> what you want though. >> >> Woody >> >> >> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 13:01:56 +1000 >> From: Alexander Else <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [SLUG] RADIUS SERVER FOR A DIAL-IN using >> "radius_2.0.1_Linux_2.0.tar.Z" >> >> At 07:04 AM 6/7/00 +1000, Adrian wrote: >> >I need to know how to extract and install >> "radius_2.0.1_Linux_2.0.tar.Z". I >> >got this file from http://www.livingston.com/ and the link to the file is >> >ftp://ftp.livingston.com/pub/le/software/linux/radius_2.0.1_Linux >_2.0.tar.Z >> >>Can anyone help me? I want to be able to dial-in to my server/firewall on >>Bigpond Cable from around Sydney. > >You don't want radius. If i understand this correctly you have BPC >connecting you to the net and you have a standard phone line with modem >also hooked up to the computer. Radius can be used to authenticate users >dialing into different access routers from a single authentication source >within the network. It's something you might use if you were providing >dialup network services (eg. an ISP) to others. > >what you probably want to do is maybe set up mgetty to allow remote access >to your machine through the modem, and perhaps set up the ppp options to >assign an ip from one of the private address ranges (like 192.168.*.*) so >that you can establish a point to point session. > >there are various ways of getting the end result you are after, i suggest >reading up on the howtos. > > >- -- >Alexander Else >http://cyberchrist.org > >- -- >SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >unsubscribe in the text >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >unsubscribe in the text > >-- >SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au >To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with >unsubscribe in the text -- SLUG - Sydney Linux Users Group Mailing List - http://www.slug.org.au To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in the text
