Date: Thu, 3 Jun 110 18:23:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: exuviae@intersurf.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dial-up? Message-ID: <201006040123.SAA00464@mistery.mcafee.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960603104730.13784E-100000@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> from "Doug White" at Jun 3, 96 10:50:48 am
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> On Sun, 2 Jun 1996 exuviae@intersurf.com wrote: > > > I have an interesting question to pose to your staff, I am working on a > > project for work, which entails a pay raise, so obviously i want to > > succeed. I have 3 120mgz pentiums at my disposal, and what i need to do > > is create a mini network that would have HTML capabilities, BUT be > > accessed through a direct dialup, with HTTP capabilities, so on the out > > side it appears that you have connected to the WWW, when in reality you > > are just seeing a mini-network. > > I couldn't see why not. Your dialup connection would have to be SLIP/PPP > or use Lynx for your browser. > > > It has to be capable of allowing > > aliases and accounts, but WILL NOT have any access to the internet at > > this time, I am wondering if it is possible to do this with FreeBSD? > > Sure. > > > I > > need it to be viewed with a browser such as MS explorer or Netscape, and > > i need the users to be able to navigate through pages with the HTTP > > features. Any help will be much appreciated. Please reply ASAP as I am > > working with a Deadline of 2 weeeks pages and all. I can be reached at > > exuviae@intersurf.com > > I don't see why you couldn't pull this. > > I don't have enough info from you to help with design, but it sounds like > all you want to do is set up some HTTP servers (apache) and just look at > them. You'd have to set up hosts files or set up a DNS server if you > want name resolution. > > Doug White | University of Oregon One thing you might consider is setting up a TSX-BBS (S&H Systems). It's not free (in fact it's a bit spendy) but you do get a system that's relatively easy to set up. In particular most the the account maintenance issues you'd face with your Unix boxes and most of the issues in configuring multi-port serial hardware (or terminal servers) are also handled by the BBS. This suggestion depends largely on your account management scenario. You could easily have one or two of the systems running TSX and the other(s) running FreeBSD. TSX-BBS can handle upto 255 concurrent serial connections (on standard PC hardware with intelligent serial subsystems). It support telnet, ftp, smtp netnews gateways as well as BBS things like Fido and QWK. Jim Dennis, System Administrator, McAfee Associates
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