On Mon, 13 May 2002, Dan wrote: > > Our Telstra ADSL connection has been down all day :( and the boss is a bit > peaved. > > Wondering what a good backup solution would be? > > I am in the process of setting up a Linux firewall and is it possible to > have a modem in a Linux Firewall that is dialed when the ADSL fails? Would > it be hard to set up?
It can be done of course. Easier and perhaps more relible to use one of the ADSL routers that have a com port for just this purpose. SMC has one called the Barricade. From the instructions I gather it runs a version of 'nix. They have a html manager for configuring the dialup and routing - very straightforward stuff. -=-=-==-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Graeme Robinson - Graenet consulting www.graenet.com - internet solutions -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==---=-=--=-=-= -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
