At 18:46 03/08/2005 -0800, Rich Ernst wrote: >Gus Wirth wrote: > > I happen to have a couple of old '486 machines with network cards that > > are ideal for this application. I also have a couple of low-end > > pentiums. They are free to anyone who wants one. Otherwise they go to > > the recycler in a couple weeks. > > > > I highly recommend CoyoteLinux. It is a great solution and it also > > supports dial-on-demand through a modem if you don't have cable or > > DSL. > >Gus, > >Have you set up coyote or other on a low end system for on demand dialup >sharing? I've never done it and want to try. I have or can get the >coyote setup stuff (used to use it instead of a netgear router until the >P90 p/s or something died). Any tricks to getting dialup to work? Can >it utilize a winmodem, or is hardware modem required?
Setting up the dial-on-demand in Coyote Linux is straight-forward. You just follow the script. The capability is actually built into pppd and can be done on any Linux system. You won't be able to get a Winmodem to work with Coyote Linux because it's too much software to fit on a floppy, assuming you could find a driver at all. I use an external modem (a Hayes 28.8) which is more than adequate for e-mail and moderate web surfing. I wouldn't try to download the latest ISOs though. That's what work is for ;) Gus -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
