Thanks everyone, a lot of ideas to play with. Kind of like the idea of the
'floppy router' as a starter. Have a machine I could put this in while I
test the others.
Will let you know how I go.
Cheers and Happy New Year
Simon Bryan
At 20:43 29/12/2000, you wrote:
> > Question: remembering I am pretty much a dunce at this.
> > Once I have the server up and running (am going to try RH on a slightly
> > larger HDD, or should I stick to SuSe), how do I get it to recognise the
> > modem and how do I setup the routing? I need filenames that I have to edit
> > and possible suggestions as to what should go in them.
>
>Its pretty straight forward once you have it installed
>basically just plug the modem into a serial port and then address it as
>/dev/ttySx where x=0 for COM1 and x=1 for COM2.
>the easiest was may be to go into linuxconf and add a PPP connection that
>way, just tell it the serial port, ph number login details etc.
>Then, once thats done, grab the basic masq text from the ipmasq howto. or
>once you get to there, send us more mail :)
>
>dave
>
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