Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Jun 1998 10:27:06 -0400 (EDT) | From | Rod Gotty <> | Subject | Ring-Detect and PPP |
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At home, I have my Linux machine setup and can connect to the Internet via dialup PPP. At one time, I had it configured to automatically redial the ISP when the connection was lost and put a mechanism to ping a certain host every 5 minutes so as to keep the connection alive. My ISP didn't like that too much and told me not to do that anymore. Oh well.
So, what I would like to do is find out if there is a way in which I can call my Linux machine from a regular telephone and have it connect to the Internet via my ISP. No, I don't want to set it up as a PPP Server and remotely connect to it. Instead, I want to be able to use any telephone (no modem here) to call my machine. My Linux machine sees ring indicate on the modem and says to itself (aha, Rod's calling me, I better connect to the Internet so he can telnet to me from where ever he is). Since my Linux machine gets a static IP address from my ISP, all I would need to do is to call my computer, let it ring once (or twice), hang up, connect to the Internet, and then telnet to my Linux machine.
So, my question is, has any work to accomplish anything like this already been done? I would rather use something existing than to "reinvent the wheel" so to speak.
TIA -Rod
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