Homelab Dial-Up

Getting a local dial-up internet setup in my homelab with a Cisco 2610 router, an ATA, and some PCMCIA modems. We'll also try to setup a local Napster server, get a local AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) server going, and reminisce with my wife about what it was like to dial-up and use AIM back in the early 2000s.

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Dial-Up Guides:
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?...
https://serialport.org/blog/cisco-rou...
https://gekk.info/articles/ata-config...

Opennap: https://github.com/sbcas/opennap
retro-aim-server: https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-ser...

Rack stuff
StarTech 25U Rack: https://amzn.to/3mEB7hS
Tripp Lite SMART1500LCD UPS: https://amzn.to/3KZW3Jw
1U 24 Port Patch Panel: https://amzn.to/3Nm0bFa
1U Brush Panel: https://amzn.to/3mExAA3
1U Rack Shelf: https://amzn.to/3oaDclT

Video gear
Camera: https://amzn.to/4al3xjA
Main mics: https://amzn.to/4dCUuO2
Desk mic: https://amzn.to/3ye8BsV

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

00:00 Intro
00:37 Hardware Overview
01:36 Dial-Up Plan
03:41 ATA Setup
07:40 Testing the ATA
11:13 Setting up the Cisco Router
19:57 Troubleshooting Modem and ATA
23:10 Dialing Up
24:00 Accessing the Network over Dial-Up
25:23 Why People are Nostalgic for Dial-Up
28:12 Trying to Setup a Napster Server
38:29 Setting up a Local AIM Server
39:24 Using AIM Over Dial-Up
40:34 Reminiscing with my Wife about AIM