Posted on 07/28/2006 10:28:58 PM PDT by chuckles
This is going to sound wierd. I need to set up a way for my in-laws to get on the net. Their provider went belly up and they don't have the bucks for DirecTV. They are in the armpit of communication hell. They have a '98 box with dial up and I have and XP box with DSL. My long distance is free.
I need to set them up somehow where I can call THEM on their modem and have it answer when they are ready to log on and use MY DSL connection. If they call me it's long distance charges. I have a router and a DSL modem. I also have a dial up modem if needed. I don't see any other way to get into my network. I want to set it up where they get a DCHP from my router and it would be just like they were on my network. My biggest problem is figuring out how to set it up where I call THEM, instead of the other way around.
If you can help, please put it in detail. I'm more of a hardware kinda guy.
BTW, for all those that want to evade the question with People PC, Net Zero, etc, none, nobody, nada, serve the particular area they live. They would have to move about 5 miles to get out of the phone co. they have and they are too old to move. The only other solution I can come up with is start my own Internet service and go broke like the others that have served this God forsaken place.
Where do they live?
I believe some modems support something called callback. The other option is having them connect to dial up with your DSL account (I believe SBC DSL provides free dial up for DSL users).
Set up a PPP server at your place (perhaps a Linux box) that they dial to, then share your DSL connection.
I'm sure God blesses anyone who does something nice for their in-laws.
My rancher friends out in the sticks all connect through their satellite dishes and are extremely happy with the service. Why go through all the trouble of routers, networks, etc. when you could spend the same money just helping them with the satellite bill?
I missed the part about long distance charges. Back to the drawing board.
So, set up the PPP server at THEIR place.
You need to set up the auto-answer feature of the modem, so that when you dial them, it picks up. Then you probably will need to figure out how to handle PPP setup.
An alternative would be for you to give them a second machine running Linux - then you set up the Linux box to do the routing and Win98 just talks over ethernet to the Linux box.
Good luck.
Tech Support Ping???
Those instructions speak of a null modem, but you'd want to use a real modem for this application. The main thing seems to be the "Install Dialup Server" part.
My long distance is free. DirecTV is about $60 a month without TV. I gave them the computer and paid for their service until it went out of business,.....twice. I already have the DSL, routers, and 3 computer network at my house. If I have to pay $60 a month so they can check lotto numbers and look up the latest medicare program, then I'll repo the puter.
I remember something like "call back" but don't know if it's hardware or software. Once the connection is negotiated, how do you get the browser to look there?
After that, you'll have to figure out if Windows XP has routing tables that you can configure to allow them to share your DSL connection.
The key thing is to use PPP protocol for the dialup connection, not DHCP.
RAS still has to have them dial out, I believe. I will look into it.
I used to have a linux box router(Freesco) but got rid of it when I got DSL. If I put it at their house, it would dial me, ....again wrong direction. If I could fix the Freesco box to answer instead of dial out, you may have something. My problem is I can't spell linux. I'll have to go back through the setup to see if it can answer instead of dial out. If so,.... we have a winner!
I have an old Sonic PPP server appliance here, gathering dust.
Sonic PPP Server?!? Yowza. You truly are a Mac-unit. What would your parents say?
Ha! I getcha!
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