PG, Mainly regarding the "modems" side of things:
If you want to do it all with linux, it is possible, however I have not played with Linux based RAC gear. However, having said that - there are a million alternatives for "modems" - if that is the business model that you will be following. Various vendors provide RAC (Remote Access Contrentrat[ion|or]) gear - two that immediately come to mind are Cisco and Ericsson/ACC - both of who provide relatively easy to use gear. Cisco: have a look at the 53xx (probably old news by now?) series of gear Ericsson/ACC: Tigris - they make a bunch of gear for this purpose - you may also find it under the label "MainStreet Xpress" (very carrier grade stuff). You were asking about "lines" - no, you don't use normal phone lines - you get "channelized" E1's etc - or PRI's in AU speak - speak to Telstra or Optus (or insert carrier here who offers a Primary Rate Interface ISDN service - or "OnRamp(tm)" equivalent service) - with Telstra, you'll be asking for an Onramp30 - which is basically an equivalent of 30 phone lines coming down a single 2Mbit link - which plugs into your Tigris/Cisco etc box and people can dial into it.. (you can also use normal phone lines, but it requires different gear, and you won't be able to supply 56k with it, and you'll need modems, lots of modems)... Next, you'll need bandwidth - a link to the internet, which is what will sink you in the long-run unless of course, you have another way of gettting is $cheap. ;) Traffic/bandwidth is ludicrously expensive in AU. And what all of the above has to do with Linux, I don't know. :) //umar. > Doh... is it really true there is no ducumentation on > the net i can look up? > > Anyway, i have tought about that, i made 1 dedicated > linux as a router gateway. it will receives dial up > connection from a client and redirect it with some > "RAS" with squid.. > > so far, thats what i found on the web. but, is that > the right way? how about the phone line? what modem > should i use? > > can experienced_person guide me or show me the light? > > Thanks. > > > --- Jamie Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This one time, at band camp, Phillipus Gunawan > > wrote: > > >I got an assignment, to create almost full > > documentation (implementation > > >and pricing) on how to create an ISP in Sydney. > > > > Step 1: Get lots of funding -- you're going to lose > > a lot of money. :-) > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://spacepants.org/jaq.gpg > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - > > http://slug.org.au/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
