[MLB-WIRELESS] East Timor

[Shaun Lee Clarke]

In addition to the Mac solution, remember that Windows has included the 
ability to share an Internet connection since the Windows 98SE days.

Like the Mac sharing function, Windows will also set itself up as a DHCP 
  server for clients to obtain the necessary network configuration to 
connect to the Internet (IP address, gateway, DNS etc.). It will also 
auto-dial the connection if it is disconnected and a client requests 
some Internet data.

It is a fairly limited feature though, I think the IP address is fixed 
at 192.168.0.1/24 with the scope filling 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.0.254. 
Whether these limitations pose a problem depends on the application.

As Tony Langdon just mentioned, a Linux or similar solution would offer 
the advantage of being far more flexible and potentially faster with a 
Squid cache etc, and it would also solve and issues with software 
licensing. The downside is that it would be much for difficult to set up 
than Windows or MacOS X sharing. Well it would for me as a Windows user 
anyway.

  *Shaun Lee Clarke*
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Andrew Leech wrote:
> If you want a less technical solution macs have built in internet 
> sharing, which I've got set up at my parents place to share their dialup 
> between a couple of computers (they're out bush where dialup is the only 
> choice cost-wise). It doesn't have the qos stuff built in, but it does 
> give you a quick and simple all-gui interface to get it up and running. 
> As soon as the internet sharing is switched on the mac also starts up a 
> dhcp server so all the client addresses are auto-config'ed. It'll quite 
> happily do auto-redial and stuff if the connection drops out.
> I'd grab an old mac off ebay with modem built in, as long as it's new 
> enough to run osx it'd be fine. I would have said grab a new mac mini 
> but they don't have built in modems. Any old wireless router plugged 
> into the ethernet will send the internet wifi.
> 
> just an quick option if you don't know *nix too well,
> Andrew
> 
> Andrew Mahar wrote:
>>
>> G'day,
>>
>> I am hoping that someone may be able to provide me with some advice.  
>> I am doing some work in East Timor and am interested in establishing a 
>> wireless network in the second largest town, a place called Baucau.  
>> The issue is that the only internet they have available is dial up.  
>> Is it possible to establish a wireless network using dial up as the 
>> connection to the internet?
>>
>> Any advise on how to go about doing this would be appreciated.
>> Best wishes
>>
>> andrew
>>
>>
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