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Date:      Mon, 14 Dec 1998 13:23:40 -0500 (EST)
From:      Wayne Cuddy <wayne@crb-web.com>
To:        Elliot Finley <efinley@efinley.com>
Cc:        James Barry <techie@zeus.anet-dfw.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ISP
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.981214132245.19532C-100000@crb.crb-web.com>
In-Reply-To: <367d3ef8.85920827@mail.afnetinc.com>

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Once this is done how do you as an ISP provide customers with inet access?  Do
you go through another ISP or is there some more direct way?



On Mon, 14 Dec 1998, Elliot Finley wrote:

> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 16:45:57 GMT
> From: Elliot Finley <efinley@efinley.com>
> To: James Barry <techie@zeus.anet-dfw.com>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: ISP
> 
> Just set up FreeBSD 2.2.8 on your Intel hardware.  64 megs ram is
> enough, although more is always better. :-)  Buy a Portmaster PM25 for
> about $400.  Use exim for your smtp MTA, use cucipop for your pop3
> access.  Use apache 1.3.3 for your web server.  Use ProFTP for your
> FTP access.  Set up DNS/BIND.  Buy an old Cisco for your edge router.
> (~$400).  Buy a BAT electronics CSU/DSU for $370.  They are very ugly,
> but they work good.  Buy a horde of used analog modems for cheap and
> you're ready to roll.
> 
> On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 09:55:35 -0600 (CST), you wrote:
> 
> >www.amazing.com used to have docs for setting up an ISP with a pentium
> >w/128 megs of ram and freeBSD, but they replaced it with some extremely
> >expensive SGI stuff.  I'd like to start one with the BSD/Intel platform.
> >Do you know where I can obtain those plans?  Perhaps someone has an old
> >copy of what amazing.com used to put out, or perhaps I'm writing to the
> >source?
> >
> >Thanks.
> >
> >
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> 
> -- 
>      Later
>         Science (efinley@efinley.com)
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