Dial-up Gateway Router/Firewall

[Alan Dayley]

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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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