[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Dialin - can i create a server at home ?

[Dan Carlson]

> before i dig into setting up dialin at my home pc running rh7.1, i want
to
> know what i can do with it.

If your system is on the internet, then you can do just about anything you
have seen or heard of being done on the internet, provided your system
is setup and configured properly, and your ISP is not blocking the ports
or protocols you are using.

> if i setup dialin and a webserver on my home pc (running redhat 7.1),
will i
> be able to access html, jsp and servlets served by the webserver from
> outside my home?

Yes, if all the various details are setup correctly.

> what would be the url to access my home pc's web server?

At the lowest level you could just use the ip address of the dial-in
interface on your server.  For example, if the address of that interface
is 192.168.1.1, then you could use http://192.168.1.1 for http access.

> can i access it from a pc connected to a LAN or is it only modem-modem ?

This depends on the details.  If your server is on the internet then you
can
access it from any other system that is also on the internet, ignoring
details
like firewalls and routing.  If your server is not on the internet then you
would
only have dial-in point-to-point type access.

Does your server have internet access that is separate from the modem
you intend to use for dial-in access?  If not, then maybe you should use
the modem for a dial-out connection to an ISP and just gain access via
the internet.

For point-to-point dial-in modem access I use mgetty+sendfax.  I don't
know if it is the easiest to setup or most fully featured, but it has
worked
well for me.

For dial-out internet access look at pppd and chat, or any of a variety of
other ppp clients and scripted dialers.

If you want to use names instead of ip addresses in your urls then look
at dns and a server for it, such as bind.  Or you can set up the hosts
files
on your various systems to provide names for your static addresses.

Dan Carlson

----- Original Message -----
From: "sathish Subramanian" <gounder72 at hotmail.com>
To: <discuss at ntlug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 4:42 PM
Subject: [NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Dialin - can i create a server at home ?


> before i dig into setting up dialin at my home pc running rh7.1, i want
to
> know what i can do with it.
>
> if i setup dialin and a webserver on my home pc (running redhat 7.1),
will i
> be able to access html, jsp and servlets served by the webserver from
> outside my home? what would be the url to access my home pc's web server?
> can i access it from a pc connected to a LAN or is it only modem-modem ?
>
> sathish
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