Setting Up Own DialUp Server

[bopritchard]

Rather than purchase a bunch of accounts with an ISP our company wants to setup our own DialUp server with an 800 number that our field employees will use as their ISP...

I have no clue where to start...hardware, software...is there another forum i should be looking at

 

[InnoTech]

tell your boss that it would cost them more money upfront than to have employees use an expense account. if that wasn't true all companies would be doing the same.

Oh and BTW, these kind of issues are what "internet service discussion" forums SHOULD be like. not break/fix issues.

"Jack of all trades. Master of none."

 

[manarth]

the other thing is -800 numbers are always more expensive that direct-dial numbers. it would be (much) cheaper to use a normal number and have the employee claim on expenses for the phone bill.

in terms of hardware, it will depend on scale - how many users? how many simultaneous connections?

you'd need phone lines, a telephone switch, modem rack, a RAS - the kit you need will depend very much on scale.

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