DIY RAS Server

endersftd

Does anyone have any experience turning a Windows box into a dial-up RAS server? For example, I have a cable modem connection that I route to four or five other computers in a LAN at my house. I woud like to be able to use one of those computers on the LAN to listen on our phone line so that if I were out and about and needed internet and only had a phone jack, instead of paying and dialing into an ISP, I could just dial into my home computer and access the internet that way.

I've seen a lot of material about sharing a dialup connection among many computers, but that isn't what I'm trying to accomplish. People on Computing.net haven't been very helpful. If any one has any thoughts or opinions (or links to a how-to), I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

EDIT:
I'm also aware that this kind of setup might require a Windows Server flavor. If this is the case, let me know.

sprkymrk

endersftd wrote:

EDIT:
I'm also aware that this kind of setup might require a Windows Server flavor. If this is the case, let me know.

This is the case. You set up RRAS and configure a modem on the server. I have set this up on a server at work with a small modem bank, but the numbers were dedicated to those modems and not used for phones. I'm not sure if that will add a small level of complexity to your setup or not. It's been a couple of years since I did that.