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IPCop is a turn key solution.  It does everything you have so far
described upon installation.  After you input your dial-up parameters,
it takes care of DNS, DHCP, NAT and firewall for the computers in your
local network.

Of course you can disable the service you don't need but it's all there.
 I used it for 3+ years running on a 200 MHz box for my home network DSL
connection.  We had it for more than 3 years at work serving a local
network of 50+ computers running on a 200 MHz box.  It did not break a
sweat.

It will do what you need, just try it!

Alan

Mattison wrote:
  

Thanks, that looks like a pretty good solution for the firewall. After
noodling some more I guess I would also need to set up DNS to forward
requests to the ISP, but I'm still not clear how you get it to act as a
router. Which service does that? Maybe I'll just try installing from scratch
and see what the available options are.
--
Phil Mattison
http://www.ohmikron.com/
Motors::Drivers::Controllers::Software

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From: Alan Dayley <alandd@consultpros.com>
To: Main PLUG discussion list <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 6:53 AM
Subject: Re: Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall


    

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Mattison wrote:
      

Hi Gurus,
Looking for suggestions: I want to set up an old PC with an external
Hayes-compatible dial-up modem to act as a Gateway Router/Firewall to
        

allow
    

multiple computers on a local network to access the internet via dial-up
account. Should be able to do this with one NIC and the modem I guess.
        

Tried
    

using a Windows box with Internet Connection Server. It actually worked
        

but
    

after one reboot my linux web development box wouldn't talk to it any
        

more.
    

Windows is like a woman on PMS: if she's having a problem she won't tell
        

you
    

how to fix it. I think I can figure out how to set up the DHCP server
        

but
    

I'm a little fuzzy on how to configure the modem and Router/Firewall
functions. I was using a Netgear Gateway Router with a cable modem but
switched to dial-up (long story) and now miss the ability to access the
internet from any machine in the LAN. Manual intervention to dial out is
        

ok.
    

Any tips and hints would be appreciated.
        

http://ipcop.org/

Used it for years without problems.  Easy to setup.  Easy web GUI
administration.  Great community support.

Alan
      

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