Exactly. I have set this up at least twice. Just finished setting it up for my
sister, who lives 1.5 hrs away and only knows windoze. She was amazed
at the speed and capabilities of linux as a gateway and dial on demand for
her windoze boxes. I used SuSEfirewall2 (1.7), iptables, and wvdial.dod
script. It will dial if any windoze simply loads IE and puts in a url. It will
automatically hang up after 3 minutes of inactivity. It is really a nice
setup.
Again, SuSE 7.2 w/SuSEfirewall2 (www.suse.de/~marc), wvdial.dod script
and iptables will do EXACTLY what you want.
Best,
Keith B.
"Joe & Sesil Morris (NTM)"
Mark Annandale wrote:
Hi Guys
After searching through the support database I cannot seem to find reference to dial on demand using a dial up link. I am using Suse 7.2 Pro and would like to use it to enable my wife and kids to access the web and mail using my PC as the proxy server and obviously to do so using DOD. I would also like my PC to be the sole firewall.
I would suggest the wvdial.dod script (enable it in rc.config). It works quite well. You will also need to masquerade your Windows boxes to the net, as they will not be getting a routeable IP address if your Linux box dials up. Configure SuSEFirewall (or 2, depends on your kernel) to do this plus securing the connection. BTW, I'm not sure what you mean "using a dial up link". If you mean they click on an icon to dial up, it won't work, and is not needed. Dial on demand means just that, when your Windows boxes NEED an internet connection, Linux will (as the gateway) dial up and provide it ON DEMAND. HTH ;)
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