From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 6 09:20:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA08479 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:20:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id JAA08464 for ; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:20:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA03654; Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:20:26 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 6 Oct 1997 09:20:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Richard Carrara cc: "'freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG'" Subject: Re: ? In-Reply-To: <199710061312.JAA23204@nationwide.pagemart.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Richard Carrara wrote: > I was wondering if you could possibly help me. I want to start my own > ISP and I would like to know where I could get some info on what hardware > and software I would need. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank > You in advance. FreeBSD makes an excellent platform for ISP usage. Most people want a pretty robust box for doing ISP work, I'd look to running a P200 at least with options to go up to multiprocessor once the SMP stuff in -current gets a good test out. 128MB of RAM is a must, as well as SCSI hardware all the way around. I would check with freebsd-isp@freebsd.org. That is a mailing list which serves as a discussion forum for FreeBSD/ISP issues. No doubt they can point you to good consultants as well. Hope this helps. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major