Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 15:51:36 +0800 (HKT) From: John Beukema <john@gateway.net.hk> To: Charles Kenneth Green - PRC <chuck@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> Cc: Richard <midnight@rio.atlantic.net>, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Equipment - How much is too little or too much? Message-ID: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.951031153806.21573D-100000@gateway.net.hk> In-Reply-To: <199510301558.KAA06294@fang.cs.sunyit.edu>
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we are finding a small specialized ISP can be run with the following 1. P90 w/32Mb of RAM ASUS motherboard 2. 9G of SCCI II disk 946C PCI controller 3. NetCom router card to v .35 leased line. 4. Digiboard 16/EM and 18 supra 28.8 modems (16 digi ports and com1 & com2) 5. BSD/OS 2.01 or FreeBSD 2.1 To expand we will add, in order, another P90 as a news server, more digi extensions (to 64 ports per card) and modems, more RAM, faster pipe out, move the digicoms and modems to a dedicated 486 box, another p90 as www server,etc. jbeukema On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, Charles Kenneth Green - PRC wrote: > On Oct 30, 11:00am, Richard wrote: > } Subject: Re: Equipment - How much is too little or too much? > } > } On Mon, 30 Oct 1995 chitturi@dns1.state.mi.us wrote: > } > } > Hello, > } > > } > I am planning on setting up a ISP service mainly for the experience > } > of setting up a network. I am contemplating on using FreeBSD because > } > of what I read about its network code being stable. I already have a > } > machine ( 486/33 running DOS/Linux ). How many machines would I need > } > ( optimally ) to become an ISP? > } > > } > I know that the above question has many possible configurations. I am > } > not looking to setup a superfast network. My main concern is about > } > the extra peripherals I have to buy apart for my PC( modems, routers > } > etc). I read somewhere that FreeBSD can be used as the router. Is > } > this true? > } > > } > As I mentioned earlier, I am doing this for the experience of it. I > } > may be buy one low end Pentium for this along with my 486. Please > } > give me some practical advice for a novice on ( setup costs and > } > operational costs )? > } > > } > Any help is appreciated. > } > > } > Thank you in advance. > } > > } > SubbaRau > } > > } > -- > } > chitturi@dns1.state.mi.us > } > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > } > Disclaimer - I question and speak for myself. > } > > } > } If you are doing it for the experience, I hope that you wouldn't be > } charging for service. You will quickly piss off a lot of customers > } if you don't know what you are doing. > } > } Why don't you try and get a job working for one of the area ISP's as > } an intern? > } > } _______________________________________________________________________ > } Richard Solis (904) 375-2912 > } Network Engineer (904) 375-2702 > } Internet Connect Company midnight@atlantic.net > } > }-- End of excerpt from Richard > > > > I don't know about SubbaRau but I've been working for a few years > as a sysadmin. I hope that I have enough experience in not "pissing off > customers" ;) What I'm more concerned about is finding out what equipment > has been "put through the ringer" by other ISPs. I want to be sure it's > gonna work as advertised. > > -- > Charles Green UN*X System Administration > 22 Powell Ave. Apt. B UN*X Security & > Whitesboro, NY 13492 Programming >
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