From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Aug 9 9:12:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (storm.freebsd.org.uk [194.242.128.198]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 514441516C for ; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 09:12:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by storm.FreeBSD.org.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA95092; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 17:10:17 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost.lan.Awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA51695; Mon, 9 Aug 1999 17:12:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199908091612.RAA51695@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: alvermark@teligent.se Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dial-out server? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 09 Aug 1999 15:25:53 +0200." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 17:12:02 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > = > Hi! > = > I have a lot of users using a modem to dial out to various locations. U= p > til now I've had one machine with FreeBSD and a modem to do the job. Ve= ry > simple setup, I use the userland ppp with the -auto option. Problem is > that it can only be used to reach one destination at a time and I have = to > manually quit ppp and start it with another setting whenever the user(s= ) > want it to reach another destination I'm now thinking of setting up a > dedicated server for this, with maybe 3 or 4 modems. > = > I was wondering if I can make ppp (or some other program) to pick a mod= em > thats not in use automatically, as there will be more "destinations" th= an > modems. How about set device /dev/cuaa0 /dev/cuaa1 /dev/cuaa2 /dev/cuaa3 Ppp will attempt to lock each in order and will use the first one it = manages to lock. Locking is standard across all (standard) programs = - see uucplock(3). > Or do you know about any good hardware to do this, that's not too > expensive. > = > I'm thinking about something like a box with an incoming ISDN PRI, a > number of modems, and then a FreeBSD box with a multiport card. But I > don't know if such hardward exists... The sky's the limit :-] > TIA, > Jakob Alvermark > = > ------------------------------------------------------- > Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nyn=E4shamn, Sweden = > Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 = > Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57 -- = Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message