* Re: freesco as dialin server?
2002-11-27 4:06 freesco as dialin server? james miller
@ 2002-11-27 6:10 ` Ray Olszewski
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From: Ray Olszewski @ 2002-11-27 6:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-newbie
At 11:06 PM 11/26/02 -0500, james miller wrote:
>Dear List:
>
>This is a preliminary inquiry regarding the freesco router and the
>possibility
>of using it as a dialin server, since I am considering getting DSL but still
>need dialin access to the 'net from another local number.
I haven't looked at freesco specifically in a couple of years ... but what
you want to do is certainly within the capabilities of Linux-based routers
generally. I did something like it (providing 8 ppp dialin lines to a LAN
and, through that LAN, out to the Internet) back in 1994, using Slackware
and Linux kernel 1.something. The documentation on this sort of setup is
sketchy, but ppp is a peer-to-peer protocol, so the same pppd that is
commonly used to dial in to ISPs can be used to make a ppp "server" (I put
it in quotes because ppp really is peer to peer, not client-server, but
people commonly call the end of a ppp connection that waits for connections
a "ppp server" and the end that dials a "ppp client").
Were I doing this today, I would use either a full-strength Linux distro
(in my case Debian, but really any of the majors will handle this) or a
specialized distro that is a bit less out of the Linux mainstream than
freesco (for example, one of the LEAF variants. probably Oxygen). But
that's partly due to my not being current with freesco. Back when I did it
before, the "ppp server" and the LAN's gateway (router) to the Internet
were separate machines on the same LAN, but you can probably have one host
fill both roles with just a bit of effort. You'll need considerable
attention to security, of course.
>The router is
>envisioned to resolve a dilemma with which I'm confronted regarding dialin
>internet service: since the companies in my area that offer dialin service
>either have problematic time constraints or very slow speeds, I'm being
>forced
>to consider DSL. Problem is, at one of the two numbers from which I need 'net
>access, DSL service is not offerred. Therefore, I am considering getting DSL
>at my home, and using freesco (or some other routerish OS) as to serve the
>DSL
>connection to computers in my home. It also seems to me from the freesco
>documentation that one can dial in to a freesco router/server and join the
>intranet. It therefore stands to reason that I could get the web
>connection to
>be served to me at work over a dialin connection - becoming, in effect, my
>own
>ISP to myself. Any comments on this sort of scheme from anyone?
>Recommendations of alternative routers? Pitfalls to beware of?
>
>As usual, I need to state that my understanding of these matters is a bit
>sketchy. I'm trying, at this point, to get a better idea of what's involved
>and thus hoping to arrive at a decision about whether I can devote the time
>and effort to such a project.
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-------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--------
Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
Palo Alto, California, USA ray@comarre.com
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