Dial-up / Dial-In Linux Server to Windows Network for Mobile Users

Hey everyone, Thanks for reading my note.

Odd question:

I have several mobile users with notebook PCs who do not have internet
access at home. I was asked about locating an ISP that is available
for our area where we could have a single Dial-up account bill for
these users. We have a web based application where they need to sync
their data with a company that is hosting our data.

What I was wondering is this: Is it possible to create a Dial-up
Linux Server which would be connected to our LAN and then have the
mobile machine use our LAN's internet connection (cable) to access the
web (just like it would for a Dial-up ISP) to sync the data? I would
have no more than 2 users connected at a single time.

If this is possible, could someone point me to a HowTo or a good
document to assist me? I located a document "ISP-Server Setup -
Ubuntu 5.10" ( http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_5.10 ).
But it seems to be overkill for what I need and I am not familiar
enough to know what services I could do without and what I actually
need.

Any advice appreciated -

Mike

MikeE wrote:
> Hey everyone, Thanks for reading my note.
>
> Odd question:
>
> I have several mobile users with notebook PCs who do not have internet
> access at home. I was asked about locating an ISP that is available
> for our area where we could have a single Dial-up account bill for
> these users. We have a web based application where they need to sync
> their data with a company that is hosting our data.
>
> What I was wondering is this: Is it possible to create a Dial-up
> Linux Server which would be connected to our LAN and then have the
> mobile machine use our LAN's internet connection (cable) to access the
> web (just like it would for a Dial-up ISP) to sync the data? I would
> have no more than 2 users connected at a single time.
>
> If this is possible, could someone point me to a HowTo or a good
> document to assist me? I located a document "ISP-Server Setup -
> Ubuntu 5.10" ( http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_5.10 ).
> But it seems to be overkill for what I need and I am not familiar
> enough to know what services I could do without and what I actually
> need.
Yes, this is very do-able.
This link should handle what you want.
http://www.dcaccess.net/welcome/linu...WTO.html#toc19
It has been a long time but I used to be a network admin at an ISP.
I might just remember enough to answer any more questions you might have.

> Yes, this is very do-able.
> This link should handle what you want.
> http://www.dcaccess.net/welcome/linu...WTO.html#toc19
> It has been a long time but I used to be a network admin at an ISP.
> I might just remember enough to answer any more questions you might
> have.
*blech*
Ignore the anchor. The link should simply be
http://www.dcaccess.net/welcome/linux/PPP-HOWTO.html

On May 24, 11:32 am, sai...@creepjoint.net wrote:
> > Yes, this is very do-able.
> > This link should handle what you want.
> >http://www.dcaccess.net/welcome/linu...WTO.html#toc19
> > It has been a long time but I used to be a network admin at an ISP.
> > I might just remember enough to answer any more questions you might
> > have.
>
> *blech*
> Ignore the anchor. The link should simply behttp://www.dcaccess.net/welcome/linux/PPP-HOWTO.html



Thanks for the link. I've been tied up with desktop machine installs
and I'm just now getting back to looking into this. Thanks again for
the link!

Mike