Subj : Remote Dial-In Networking
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Fri Apr 08 2005 10:49 pm

  Re: Remote Dial-In Networking
  By: MIKE POWELL to ALL on Fri Apr 08 2005 17:53:00

 > Mostly, I would want to be able to dial-in, and then use telnet to access
 > an e-mail account.  However, I might also want to do some surfing, either
 > via Arachne on the remote, or by using lynx on the machine that I have
 > dialed-in on.
 > 
 > Is this possible?

Of course.

You need to set up your Linux machine to receive inbound calls.  Once you 
do that, you can use a terminal-emulator to call up and get online with 
the Linux machine.  This will give you a serial/async connection to the 
Linux box.

Once that's working you can run anything you like, such as telnet, if you 
want to.  You can also set up and run pppd which turns the CLI session 
into a regular dial-up network session, so you can use DUN or whatever 
internet dialler you like, to connect.  This gives you the advantage of 
being able to connect with *either* a terminal program, *or* with a 
network dialler.

I haven't set one up like that for a while, but it is certainly doable 
without any major drama.  

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