Check out http://www.cobaltnet.com/ They make microservers which may be able to be configured for this exact scenario. Why re-invent the wheel when they have it if you modify their setup slightly. :-) Cheers. Chris Jester SplitInfinity Networks. At 11:11 AM -0700 6/15/99, Sean Cross wrote: >? Ability to dial on demand from the network >? Ability to recover from a power outage >? Ability to have remote admin dial in >? Easy client connection setup >o Perhaps even a floppy disk. >? Ability for turnkey operation >? Ability to connect with Cable Modem If avail >? Ability to dial out if Cable Modem fails >? Ability for multiple dial in ISP�s and hunt system to find a working >connection >? Secure so no one can hack into it, internally or from the net >? Ability to add a firewall if necessary >? Block OOB packets known to cause windows to crash >? Ability to mass-produce the systems >? Caching of commonly retrieved websites >? Ability to lock out certain sites, (porn, etc) >? Auto disconnect after elapsed time of non activity >? Ability to only grant certain types of access to certain users >? No extraneous systems, including news services, web hosting, or other >things that take up processor time >? Web based Client oriented help files hosted on server >? Ability to telnet into over the internet for admin >? Ability to telnet into over local network for admin >? Ability to post current IP on the internet for easy location and >administration. >? Ability to turn on and off these features easily >? Logging of activity and reporting activity to local net admin and >possibility of posting it on a FTP so we can access it. >? Ability to change out the modem with minimum of hassle >? Ability to limit internet time by user, day, week, month, time of day, >activity >? Optimized system with least amount of hardware as possible > >Considerations: >? Should the modem be external so the user can reset the modem only and >service can resume? >? When talking about administration I want full administrative abilities >including adding, removing users, ISP�s, and other editable attributes. >? Client compatibility with Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT, Dos, Novel > > >Any help would be appreciated! ****** PLEASE NOTE ******* OUR NEW ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER: SplitInfinity 13553 Poway Rd. #1504 Poway, CA 92064 U.S.A. OUR NEW PHONE NUMBER: 619-679-2814 All items should be mailed to this address from this moment forward. Thank you. Chris Jester SplitInfinity
