ISP type setup

[ferg]

G'Day All;

Can any provide me with info/links on how to setup an ISP type config on a RedHat 8.0 server.
I am looking at a 256k or 512k line and have 5 modems for my buddies to dialup into my server.

Thanks

[miteycasey]

First of all you need five phone lines if all of them are going to be dialed in at the same time.

You will need a modem bank with the phone lines going into them.You can use RAS on NT but I have a feeling you don't want to do that. :)

I've never done this so its strictly theory.

You could hav a linux box with multiple pci modems. Setting the getty for that port. I think its ttyS. Then try it out. I've done this in SCO UNIX but they had software to help.

Here is the howto.
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/PPP-HOWTO.html