[plug] Dial In server

[Michael De Santis]

Thanks for the feedback - I will try this out over the weekend

regards
Michael


Kai wrote:

> G'day Michael,
>
> Well I've set-up a RHL 6.2 machine to accept calls from the standard on
> board com port and 4 ports from an internal 4 port PCI card.
> >From memory, the files to edit and check are:
> /etc/ppp/pap-secrets <- for username's, passwords, IP addresses and
> domains/servers. The domain/server I used was * (star).
> /etc/inittab <- using mgetty to answer the call after one ring. I forget the
> exact string used, but something like:
>
> s1:2345:/usr/bin/mgetty blah blah blah
>
> If I remember correctly, the MODEM, PPP and Mini PPP Howto explain how to do
> this to full effect.
> I hope that's of some help to you
>
> Kai
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael De Santis" <michael at harvestroad.com>
> To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 12:05 PM
> Subject: [plug] Dial In server
>
> > Hi Plug,
> >
> > I would like to set up me home PC as a dialup server so I can dial in
> > from work.
> >
> > If anyone knows of any good HOWTO sites or description sites on how to
> > do this properly then I would appreciate an e-mail.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Cheers
> > Michael
> > --
> > Michael De Santis                        michael at harvestroad.com
> > Systems Administrator                    Harvestroad Limited
> >
> >                  http://www.harvestroad.com
> >
> >