W2003 Server to dial 600 clients

Hello,

Not really a technical issue but hope to receive some ideas of how to
handle the following request.

I am being ask to deliver a solution where one central Windows Server
2003 dial up to 600 clients (W2k and higher) using analogue modems. On
both ends runs a FTP server/client which can execute a script to start
the analogue connection before ftp transmit its files.

Security is not really an issue but it is important that it is the
server which initiates to dialup.

I am not too familar with Windows dialup networking so please help me
out with some suggestions. If you could also suggest a analogue modem
pool product then it would be great.

Really afraid that the solution is right in front of my noise.

Thanks,
Andrew

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> Hello,
>
> Not really a technical issue but hope to receive some ideas of how to
> handle the following request.
>
> I am being ask to deliver a solution where one central Windows Server
> 2003 dial up to 600 clients (W2k and higher) using analogue modems. On
> both ends runs a FTP server/client which can execute a script to start
> the analogue connection before ftp transmit its files.
>
> Security is not really an issue but it is important that it is the
> server which initiates to dialup.
>
> I am not too familar with Windows dialup networking so please help me
> out with some suggestions. If you could also suggest a analogue modem
> pool product then it would be great.
>
> Really afraid that the solution is right in front of my noise.
>
> Thanks,
> Andrew

The last time I set something up like this, but for 150 users, we used a
Digiboard Retora. If I remember correctly because this was around 10 years
ago, each Retora board handles 256 connections. With the board you the
software and tech support from Digiboard to install/use/troubleshoot it.
But, that product was discontinued and I'm sure they have something else to
replace it with. I believe Multitech also offers such a solution. Of course
you would need a trunk line coming in or, man, it's been so long ago and now
I'm not sure now how to arrange that.

Here's Digi's and Multitech's site:
http://www.digi.com/
www.multitech.com/

I remember one customer had a trunk put in with 256 lines from Verizon. But
he doesn;t use it anymore and is outsourcing the dialup portion now, which I
suggest for yourself, unless you already got that covered. If you are
outsourcing the dialup portion, you won't need the hardware, but rather
check with the outsourced company on how to setup their required VPN or PVC.

Good luck!

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