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. Check me out on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/clabretro Dial-Up Guides: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=100326 https://serialport.org/blog/cisco-router-modem-isp-in-a-box/ https://gekk.info/articles/ata-config.html Opennap: https://github.com/sbcas/opennap retro-aim-server: https://github.com/mk6i/retro-aim-server/ 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 Note: The above are Amazon affiliate links. It doesn't cost you extra, but I'll receive a commission which will help keep the content coming. I only link to things I've personally ordered. 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