Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 08:26:20 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: "John A. Booth" <john@ulantris.infinop.com> Cc: exuviae@intersurf.com (Chris), questions@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dial-up under FreeBSD Message-ID: <199606031526.IAA17097@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 03 Jun 96 09:11:16 -0500. <199606031411.JAA21292@ulantris.infinop.com>
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Risking going off into a tangent... I just don't like to see
misconceptions about anything getting perpetuated...
>to do dialup) it's probably not possible to host a dialup service with
>95/NT.
Actually, it depends what you're after. If you want a telnet shell
account, then no, Windows NT won't do that natively. At least not
without add-on commercial software.
If you want dial-up PPP and/or SLIP access to the Internet, then NT is
quite capable of doing that well. PPP is built in to NT, and NT
Server is capable of serving many dial-in PPP and/or SLIP connections
in a fashion similar to your average Unix, with many different
multi-port serial boards.
Now, back to the BSD-centered discussion at hand...
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Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com
--< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >--
NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3,
Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32...
NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others...
Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative.
If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how.
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