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[Chick Tower]

Is this to be a dial-up substitute for a broadband connection, Tom?  If 
so, the woman will need a dial-up ISP account.  She can get a free one 
that allows ten hours per month of usage from Juno or Netzero (same 
company, different brands).  If she tries to register with a Linux 
machine, though, she'll have to configure her browser to report itself 
as running on Windows.  I couldn't get to the free account offer 
otherwise when I registered several months ago.  I have such an account 
as a back-up, but I don't know how long it would remain active if I 
didn't use it a little each month, nor do I know if they would ever 
terminate it for inactivity.

If this is to be a substitute for another dial-up server, can't you just 
swap them out and try it?  Maybe I misunderstand the situation.

                                Chick


Tom Schouten wrote:
> Dear fellow linux users,
> 
> I am using an old PIII to set up a Debian dial-in server using mgetty at my 
> partner's mother's house here in Lansing, before I head back to my home 
> Belgium in 2 weeks. It's supposed to be a backup in case her internet 
> connection fails.
> 
> I can't figure out a way to test it myself so I thought I try to find a kind 
> soul on this list to be the person at the other end, to check if login and 
> ppp work. Any candidates?