Date: Sat, 6 Jan 1996 01:35:48 -0800 (PST) From: Bernard Klatt <admin@ftcnet.com> To: John Anderson <johna@mail.bbcc.ctc.edu> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Would like your opinion Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960106012800.9350B-100000@alpha.ftcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <19960105095216.0a255de9.in@mail.bbcc.ctc.edu>
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On Fri, 5 Jan 1996, John Anderson wrote: > Hi, > I'm new to this list and new to FreeBSD. Some friends and I are > getting ready to start providing internet service to our community > and would like any suggestions you may have. > We figure on starting small and growing (hopefully). 56k line to > start, with 5 lines coming in. > FreeBSD running on a: > Pentium 100 > 16 meg ram > 1 gig scsi hard drive > 4X CD rom drive. > > Does this look like a good basic system to start with? Is that > enough memory? > > I would appreciate any hints, and please forgive my ignorance. I'd suggest more RAM, go with 32 MB, certainly if you plan to run INN (Usenet news). Go with more RAM even if you have to back down to a 486DX. More RAM will give you better performance than a faster CPU for ISP work. Another hard drive would definitely help, more spindles are better, that's why you're using SCSI, right? BTW: what will you be connecting the 5 modems to? If you've got the budget, I think you'll be happy with a Livingston PortMaster. Bernard Klatt Owner Fairview Tech Ctr Ltd. www.ftcnet.com
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