[MLB-WIRELESS] East Timor

[Rick]

im sure theres something that will do load sharing between 2 dial up 
connections that should allow a few people to get on web browsing happerly



Mark Aitken wrote:
> 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
>>
> I reckon it could become quite congested what with MBit/s speeds coming 
> into something less than 56Kbps.
> 
> Still, quite feasible.  As someone suggested (Shaun Lee Clarke),  a PC 
> doing the dial up stuff with an ethernet port to the wireless
> network with sharing across the interfaces.
> 
> I used to do just this with a linux box and pppd with forwarding set up 
> in firewall rules (ipchains then I think??)
> Been a long time since those days!!!
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Mark
> 
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