In both cases, some clever login scripting will do. Hyperterminal
(telnet) to the Linux/modem server. Auto script the connection from
there using sudo for root access as necessary. Then the user merely
picks the right connection to make, and the Linux box does the rest.
You could even make a ppp over ethernet connection to the Linux box,
which then started up the 'real' connection....
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Jim Wildman, CISSP jim@rossberry.com
614-404-1897 http://www.rossberry.com
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Daniel MacLaren wrote:
> Our product consists of a server that runs under UNIX (Solaris, AIX and
> one day Linux) and clients that run under Windows. Sometimes we need to
> connect directly to our customer's UNIX machine and a simple connetion via
> Hyperterminal will do. Other times we need to use our Windows clients on a
> local machine to connect to the customer's UNIX server over PPP. When a
> PPP connection is necessary, only the person doing the dialing needs
> access to the customer's network and Windows _should_ take care of the
> routing.
>
> Winport allowed us to use virtual modems on our workstations for
> Hypterminal and PPP (how well it worked I can't say, because I never used
> it). The Modem-Sharing-minihowto gave me some hope that I could use a
> Linux server for sharing the modems, but without a windows client that
> won't happen (it is hard to say "use Linux" if the clients, Dialup/IP will
> cost us $1700 - I need to verify that).
>
> I will consider some of the options mentioned, but I would really prefer a
> solution that requires minimal changes to the way things have been done
> (not that I am averse to change, but I think in this instance it will
> only cause confusion and headaches).
>
> Anyway, thanks for the input.
>
> -Daniel
>
> On 17 Apr 2002, Ian C. Blenke wrote:
>
>
> > The real question still remains: what are you trying to maintain on your
> > customer's network? How are you trying to maintain it? Is it simply
> > telnetting to machines, or some form of remote control of the desktop of
> > a machine? The more you dig into the problem, the more options and
> > alternatives become apparent.
> >
> > - Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net> <ian@blenke.com>
> > http://ian.blenke.com
> >
> >
>
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