Using a router as an Internet connection sharing device

[rialam]

Hi,

I would like to use a router 1605-R to share a dial-up connection to the internet. This router has an ethernet port which I can configure easily. It's also got a serial interface to which is connected an analog modem via a DTE RS-232 - DB60 cable.

This router is connected to a hub via its LAN interface. On the same hub, computers are also connected & have IP addresses on the same subnet as the IP address of the LAN interface of the router and are configured to use this same LAN interface as a gateway.

My question is: how do I configure the serial interface (step by step) so that any request from any computer to a web address causes the router to start the dial up connection to Internet via the analog modem.

I urgently need help on this!!!

Thank you.

[rialam]

Hi,

I am kinda fed up with this. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't & it makes me waste a lot of time: the modem doesn't wanna dial at all now, it does not respond either. I think I'll resort to using a PC for sharing an Internet connection. So much simpler.

I'm sorry for all this but I do thank you for all your time & patience.

[makchitale]

"modem dtr-active" will allow dialout only.

Thanks, Mak.