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[Karl Schuttler]

I think what he is trying to do is create a mini-isp for her to
connect to, which would use his bandwidth (cable or dsl) so that she
only pays telephone fees, but not an ISP fee.

That's what i'm thinking, at least. Not a half bad idea.

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?
>
>
>
>
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