Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 21:32:47 -0600 From: Steve Neuharth <steveneu@visi.com> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The Power to Serve? Message-ID: <36DDFEDF.4E7778CA@visi.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990303175447.5356A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html - good info on setting up regular modem to dial on demand, worked for me..... Annelise Anderson wrote: > > I'm trying to figure out how to set up an ISDN line > (since cable modems and DSL are unavailable where I live). > > The system would look something like this: > > --the ISDN line (RJ-45 jack) is connected to an ISDN > modem. > > --the modem is connected to a computer running FreeBSD > (3.1-RELEASE right now; P-90, 64 megs ram) > > --the FreeBSD machine and the other computers (some > of which run Windows NT and even 98, as well as FreeBSD, about > 6 in all) are connected by ethernet to a hub, on an internal > 10.10.10.x network; one of them would be 100 feet away from > the hub, the others closer. > > So, the question is what software do I run that enables > the other computers to use the ISDN line by dialing the ISDN > modem? It would always be dialing the number--the ISDN isp. > > Probably the FreeBSD machine needs to run natd and > ppp as server, which seems to have provision for remote dialing. > > I'm not sure how I'd get another FreeBSD machine or the > computers running NT/98 to dial the modem and get connected > (at the same time) or use a connection already established. > > I'm not looking for detailed steps, just a general > overview of the framework. > > Thanks-- > > Annelise > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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