From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 7 10:18:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id KAA02717 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:18:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from deepo.prosa.dk ([193.89.187.27]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id KAA02702 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 10:18:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.4/8.8.4) id TAA11183; Tue, 7 Jan 1997 19:17:43 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 19:17:43 +0100 From: regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk (Philippe Regnauld) To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Cc: regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk (Philippe Regnauld) Subject: Dialout server X-Mailer: Mutt 0.55 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A i386 Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have a strange setup to accomplish, and I thought freebsd-isp might be the place :-P I have to set up a dialin server, so that local users can dialup from home using PPP, and so access the Lan and the outside world. Where it gets tricky is that users _at work_ would like to be able to dial OUT from their office computer. I have thought about several solutions, each uglier than the other :-) : 1) Forget FreeBSD and setup NT with some modem share package :-((( But I would like to avoid it because: - I would like to keep all modems on one machine - ... NT ... (and Artisoft and such :-/ ) 2) Force users to telnet to a wrapper that starts a comm program like minicom, but: - I'm stuck with file transfers and so - Can't use terminal emulators like (hrmmm) HyperTerminal... Thus: Is there any package (maybe commercial) out there that would allow me to dialout using some comm program on Win 3.x/95, on a FreeBSD modem pool ? (Short of writing one -- I imagine you have to redirect irqs and such on the Win box...). -- -- Phil -[ Philippe Regnauld / Systems Administrator / regnauld@.prosa.dk ]- -[ Location.: +55.4N +11.3E PGP Key: finger regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk ]-