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    <title>Introduction</title>

    <para>

        This chapter describes how to configure &TC;; to provide some

        Internet services through the telephone line. In this chapter,

        the computer holding the Internet services is named the

        <quote>server</quote> and the computer that want to make use

        of such services is named the <quote>client</quote>. We assume

        that both server and client computers have been installed with

        &TC;; (release 5.5).

    </para>

    <para>

        The dial-up connections could be a choise when the only

        communication medium you have access to is the telephone line

        system.  In this configuration, both client and server

        computers use modems to transmit data through the telephone

        line in form of sound. The modem device used in this

        configuration was a Multi-Tech Modem (MT5634ZBA-USB) connected

        to an USB port. 

    </para>

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