Re: (PM) PM2ER & outgoing calls

Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Tue, 18 Nov 1997 16:57:31 -0600 (CST)

On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, qcislands net SCO Unix/Win95 site wrote:

> Can a 2ER who sole purpose is to authenticate SLIP & PPP connections from
> Web users phoning in via modem be setup so that the authenticating computer
> can dial OUT over one of the available ports?

Dial out to do what? If its to set up a remote location based on a demand
for a route then yes.

> I envision something like the authenticator requesting an address of an
> available S0-S29 port, and then connecting to it. Then sending a fax, and
> subsequently releasing it for web use once again.

This would require running a script and setting up in.pmd or something
similar so you can grab one of the serial ports and use it as if it were a
local port on your "whatver you use" box.

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