This one time, at band camp, Willem-Jan Meijer said: > Hello, > > My neigbours wants to set-up a linux-server for backing up important files. > If it's possible he wants to set-up a LAN with the server as firewall. He > uses a dial-up connection so the question is: Is it possible to use the > server for a dial-up connection without a full-time connection?
Sure, either use diald or use pppd's demand-dialing mode. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Stephen Gran | Authors are easy to get on with -- if | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | you're fond of children. -- Michael | | http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | Joseph, "Observer" | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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