From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 22 22:17: 7 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mostgraveconcern.com (mostgraveconcern.com [216.82.145.240]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C00AD37B781 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:16:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@mostgraveconcern.com) Received: from danco (danco.mostgraveconcern.com [10.0.0.2]) by mostgraveconcern.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA23305; Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:16:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@mostgraveconcern.com) Message-ID: <00bc01bff465$33976fa0$0200000a@danco> Reply-To: "Dan O'Connor" From: "Dan O'Connor" To: "David Banning" , Subject: Re: What kind of ISP/connection am I looking for? Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:16:47 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >For a small 7 person company, >I want to install a php-mysql system for taking orders, keeping >track of sales, etc. >Onsite speed would have to be fast, but when connected though the >web - slow is fine. > >We don't want to spend alot of money on the ISP. I see companies >advertising $400 - $1500 per month for a fast connection. > >I'm wondering; > >Is there a low-cost way to have the server on-site but still be able to >access from the web? Our 7 user LAN at work is sharing a 384/128 ADSL connection for $50/mo. We're about 5000 feet from our TelCo's CO, so we get a download speed close to 1500kbps. I don't have a web server running there, but I do on my home DSL (http://www.mostgraveconcern.com) with an average upload speed of 108kbps. If you try moving around my site, you'll get an idea whether or not this would be fast enough for your server. If you need something faster, you could look into a 1500/384 ADSL connection (about $155/mo here) or an SDSL line. Both would be significantly cheaper than a T1 line. Setting up a web server on your own FreeBSD box is a piece of cake, simply install Apache with the modules of your choice. You'll want to register your domain name and get a static IP address from your ISP. If you go with a decent ISP, they will even host your DNS entries so that you won't have to mess with setting up a DNS server. --Dan -- Dan O'Connor On Matters of Most Grave Concern http://www.mostgraveconcern.com FreeBSD Cheat Sheets http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message