diff --git a/Manuals/HowTos/Dialup/Server/Usage/overview.docbook b/Manuals/HowTos/Dialup/Server/Usage/overview.docbook index 0287ab1..519e6fb 100644 --- a/Manuals/HowTos/Dialup/Server/Usage/overview.docbook +++ b/Manuals/HowTos/Dialup/Server/Usage/overview.docbook @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ the telephone line. In this configuration, we (the poeple building the infrastructure) provide the information you (the person using the infrastructure) need to know in order to - establish a point-to-point connection from the client computer - to the server computer through the telephone line. + establish a dial-up connection from the client computer to the + server computer through the telephone line. @@ -25,9 +25,45 @@ - In this chapter we discuss usage convenctions we all must be - agree with, in order to achieve a practical and secure - interchange system. + In this manual, by dial-up connection we mean the action of + dialing-up a server computer from a client computer through a + Modem attached to the telephone line. In this infrastructure, + dial-up connections are always established from the client + computer to the server computer and never the other way + around. The main purpose of a client computer to establish a + dial-up connection with the server computer will be using one + or more Internet services provided in the server computer. + + + + In order for the server computer to answer telephone calls, it + is required to install a Modem device in it (see ). Once the Modem device + has been installed, you need to install and configure both + mgetty and + pppd programs. The + mgetty program must be run by + init daemon in order + to take control over the Modem device. By default, inside + &TCD; (release 5.5), mgetty isn't configured to start with + init daemon so you + need to do it yourself (see ...). Later, for attending + connection requests, you need to configure mgetty to use the + pppd program, so the Point-to-Point + Protocol (PPP) can be talked and IP packages can be + interchanged between the client computer and the server + computer. Later, you need to configure + pppd to adjust it to your needs + (see ...). + + + + Once you've configured both mgetty + and pppd programs, the server + computer should be ready to attend incoming calls. The + remaining of this chapter describes the way incoming calls are + attended by the server computer once they have arrived to its + Modem device.