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Re: Need help w/routing between Eth0 and modem



Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> I have a Compaq Armada M700 laptop with a built-in Intel Pro 100+ miniPCI
> NIC and a built-in Lucent LT WinModem modem.  I want to configure the
> system as a personal ISP such that I can dial into the machine from my PDA
> and cell phone and have it route calls to my Linksys "Broadband"
> router/hub (befsr81) which then connects to my cable modem.  If the Lucent
> WinModem is impossible or too much of a pain, I have a genuine USR
> Sportster external 14.4k modem I can plug into the serial port, but I to
> try with the WinModem, first.
> 
Check out this page for the modem:

http://ltmodem.heby.de/

> I want to configure the modem to only accept an incoming _data_ call from
> my cell phone then issue a dynamic IP address, and then work with the NIC
> for the rest.  If anyone else calls, or if I establish a voice call from
> my cell phone, I want the modem to ignore the incoming call.   Also, how
> do I handle/configure user authentication for dial-in access?   Would it
> be part of the PPP config?    How is the dial-in DHCP pool defined?
> 
Not sure about this.  There are pacakges in Debian to setup a RADIUS
server which handles inbound dial up.  Try that first.

Also, you would need to tell the kernel to rout packets between eth0 and
ppp0, but I am pretty sure that the RADIUS config includes that sort of
thing.

> I am not knew to linux or debian or networking, but I've never set up this
> kind of configuration before and would really appreciate help and
> guidance.   I am planning to use the recent Debian testing for my
> install, unless people suggest otherwise.
> 
I don't see a problem there.

> I also look to take advantage of the ability to remote control/fix things
> via an ssh client on my PDA (tussh) if something went wrong or needed to
> be changed.
> 
Good idea :-)

> Thank you.
> 
> Scott

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr

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