Re: [Nolug] diald setup questions

1). As Kevin stated, diald is for outbound dialing to your isp

2). Go to www.freesco.org and install it on an old 486. You can configure
freesco to act as a dial-in server. Stick that on your LAN and be your own
ISP.

--Joey

Thou spake:
>first, a recap of what I'm trying to do:
>
>I have a cable modem connection to the internet,
>and I'm trying to set up a linux box to answer line 2
>and act as a PPP server, so that it can act as my
>own ISP if I'm traveling, etc.
>
>relevant specs on the comp:
>RH 9 (i'm most familiar w/ rh)
>rpm installed "diald"
>56k V.90 modem on ttyS1
>working internet access via eth0 (I can browse the internet perfectly
>fine)
>it's connected to a Linksys router (dhcp) -> cable modem
>
>(yeah, it's kinda messed up...)
>
>some other info:
>1st: when I run diald, it gives the following error message:
>Incorrectly built binary which accesses errno, h_errno, or _res
>directly. Needs to be fixed.
>should I d/l the source rpm and compile it?
>
>2nd: it doesn't answer the line; I couldn't figure out where to enter
>an init string in the config file
>
>contents of related files (some of these may be way screwed up...):
>/etc/diald.conf:
>
>linkname dialup
>mode ppp
>blocked
>device ttyS1
>initializer 'ATS0=2'
>modem
>crtscts
>local 192.168.2.1
>remote 192.168.2.2
>netmask 255.255.254.0
>proxyarp
>
>
>/etc/ppp/options (x's are my isp's dns server):
>
>auth -chap +pap login modem crtscts proxyarp lock
>ms-dns xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
>
>
>/etc/ppp/pap-secrets:
>
># Secrets for authentication using PAP
># client server secret IP addresses
>usernamehere * passwordhere
>192.168.2.2
>
>
>if you need more info, or have some insights, I'd appreciate it...
>
>Ciao,
>
>Steve Cardella
>ssc@bertucciinc.com
>
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