STEP 1  Intro

You may want to access your internet connection through a dial-up modem, or allow another person in need to access it. You can do this by setting up a modem to allow dial-in. 

You'll need the following things to do this:

• Land Line Telephone Connection. This is how your guests will connect to you.
• Telephone Line(Cord). This will connect your guests to your computer.
• A Computer with a voiceband (Dial-Up) modem. Most older models have them and they are avilable at most large electronics stores. 
• A Broad Band Internet Connection. This is how you will give your guests internet access.
  
  

STEP 2  Setting up your computer.

The following  instructions were completely ripped off from http://werebuild.eu/wiki/Egypt/Howto_PPP:

Instructions for setting up a Dial-up Networking Server.
Setting up a dialup networking server on your computer allows other people to share your internet connection.  It lets people dial-in to your computer using an old dial-up modem, and access the internet through your computer. Note that people will need to know the phone number  for your computer to be able to dial-up. 

After you completed any of the following setups, please join  #dialup on irc.telecomix.org so they can test the connection and/or help fix remaining problems. http://chat.telecomix.org/. There are instructions for entering the chat room on the page. Note: You  have to create a new user "telecomix" and set it's password to  "telecomix" to make that work. Set rights as low as possible for obvious  reasons. If you have problems, just choose a nickname and enter the chat room to ask someone for help setting or checking your dial-up connection. 

Instructions for the most common operating systems:

Windows 98

• http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/dunservr.html
• http://support.microsoft.com/kb/139710

Windows XP

• English: http://pinoygeek.org/forum/index.php?topic=69.0  (use telecomix/telecomix for the user/password pair) 
• Deutsch: http://www.netzwerktotal.de/dfueserverwinxp.htm  (bitte telecomix/telecomix als benutzer/passwort paar nutzen, bzw. erstmal anlegen) 

Windows Vista and Windows 7

• How to Accept incoming Dial-up Connections in Windows 7 and Vista: http://unlockforus.blogspot.com/2010/03/how-to-accept-incoming-dial-up.html

Linux / Unix

•  How To Set Up Linux As A Dial-In Server: http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_dialin_server
•  How to Set Up Linux as a Telecomix Dial-In Server: Telecomix Setup

MacOS X

• Guide to Setting up pppd on osx: http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story=20060401233540392
• PPPD mainpage: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#DOCUMENTATION/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/pppd.8.html
  
  

STEP 3  Using your new found powers for good.

You can call your land line from another phone to test it. If you hear a hellacious screech you've been successful. Now go to http://www.dialupegypt.net and add your number to the pool. Or use it in any way you think may help somebody.

Love,
Anonymous