Why would one bother?
ISP's are so cheap these days. To buy modems, phone lines, power, call long
distance to connect.
Why not let the client or you stick to your core business. Let the AOL's do
the dial in stuff. They are cheaper and have local access numbers world
wide?
Richard.
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From: "Graeme Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "e-smith-devinfo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2001 9:32 AM
Subject: [e-smith-devinfo] dialin RAS server
> Have people had experience on this list of using RAS servers like a Shiva
to
> provide remote dialin access to the e-smith network? If so I'd appreciate
> feedback on an issues encountered/pitfalls to be aware of.
>
> I've worked with these under NT domains before and they are
ultra-reliable. In
> theory implementing one in an e-smith environment should be as straight-
> forward. You allocate them a small internal range and set other dhcp
settings
> and authentication and the logon to the network like any other lan
connected
> pc, getting fileshare access and internet gateway access etc.
>
> I need to setup a dialing pool with at least two inbound lines so I can't
use
> the e-smith itself for this even if it permitted easy RAS dialing
configuration
> which it doesn't. Thanks in advance.
>
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> http://www.graenet.com
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