[95188] in RedHat Linux List
Re: dial up FTP connection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (jp@sugar.midcoast.com)
Thu Oct 15 19:26:13 1998
From: jp@sugar.midcoast.com
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 19:25:30 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <199810152214.SAA14972@mail.redhat.com> from "James Baxter" at Oct 15, 98 05:13:48 pm
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> Hi
>
> I want to make a dialup connection via modem to other Linux computers and
> then use FTP.
> Am I crazy? Is it practical and if so what tools do I need to look up?
>
> Thanks all
>
>
> Jim
You should get the computer doing PPP connections to each other. Then they
are on the network and can do FTP. Setting up Mgetty on the server, and
PPP dialup on the client(s) are the sum of your project.
-Jason
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