On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 20:13, vivek wrote: > hi > > i want to make an isp like setup where users dial-in to my machine and > access the internet or check their mails. > > i wish to know how can people connect to it simultaneously? i think if i > need 10 users to simultaneously connect, then i'd require 10 telephone > lines and 10 modems. if it is done that way, then how will i connect > those modems to my machine?
use a multiport modem card. http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/Modem-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2 > what hardware would i need you should be okay with a serial multiport modem card (plugs into a PCI slot), octopus cables, 10 modems (use USR V.Everything modems if you can afford them), 10 telephone lines. http://www.rediff.com/computer/1999/feb/25linux.htm > - and should i > ensure it is linux compatible? yeah you should but most hardware of this kind has excellent support in the kernel ... the reason being that enough ISPs don't want to waste their time with OSs for kids : hardware vendors have a great incentive to ensure that their hardware is linux compliant. > and the software? mgetty? depends .... if you want authentication then you probably want RADIUS / TACACS .... or you can go the PAM way and plug into an LDAP or a MYSQL database. take a look at this (outdated) but still helpful HOWTO.. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/ISP-Setup-RedHat-HOWTO.html and, please search the web ..... I got all these links from Google with about a minute's searching. Aniruddha Karim Shankar Gentoo GNU / Linux 1.2 running 2.4.20-ck2
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