HowtoForge: How To Set Up Linux As A Dial-In Server | Linux Today

HowtoForge: How To Set Up Linux As A Dial-In Server

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jan 22, 2007

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“This document describes how to attach modems to a Linux box and
allow it to receive calls to connect users to the network. Its like
being your own ISP (Internet Service Provider). If your Linux box
is connected to the Internet, then the users will also be connected
to the Internet. Your Linux box becomes a router. This is also
known as RAS (Remote Access Services) in the Microsoft world. In
the Linux world its called PPP (Point to Point Protocol)…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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