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Re: Dial-up connection for server



This one time, at band camp, Willem-Jan Meijer said:
> Hello,
> 
> My neigbours wants to set-up a linux-server for backing up important files.
> If it's possible he wants to set-up a LAN with the server as firewall. He
> uses a dial-up connection so the question is: Is it possible to use the
> server for a dial-up connection without a full-time connection?

Sure, either use diald or use pppd's demand-dialing mode.

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