Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 10:18:30 +1000 From: "Lachlan" <lachlan@fatpanda.net> To: "Christopher Raven" <c.raven@uk.cian.net>, <freebsd@yazzy.org> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Chosing a hosting server. Message-ID: <HCELIPBBEBGPLLIOIABMOEALCCAA.lachlan@fatpanda.net> In-Reply-To: <9400266.1062548825@[10.0.0.3]>
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http://www.smartbridges.com/ are also low in price. I have only started t= o use them, but so far, i have found no problems at all. Regards, Lachlan -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Raven [mailto:c.raven@uk.cian.net] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 9:27 AM To: Lachlan; freebsd@yazzy.org Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Chosing a hosting server. take a look at mikrotik.com for some good, off-the-shelf wireless solutions... you can limit your clients at source using the client router= s (you can remotely control them). They can also act as proxies for network services etc... the cost of these things is so low you would have to be seriously tight on budget not to at least consider them. CR --On 03 September 2003 09:07 +1000 Lachlan <lachlan@fatpanda.net> wrote: > Well, > > You already seem to know enough i would say. Using DUMMYNET between you= r > 50 wireless nodes would control them enough for a start. With hardware > for your servers, it should be simple enough. Just don't purchase cheap > crap and you'll be fine. > > Regards, > Lachlan > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Martin Jessa > Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 6:03 AM > To: lachlan@fatpanda.net > Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Chosing a hosting server. > > > I have about one day to build the network infrastructure. > I've been running services with misc purpose as long as I can remember = but > it's the first time when I have to plan a setup for 5000 users. > What I am most worried about is what kind of hardware to use. > I.e I am not sure if I can set up failover FreeBSD servers as the main > front routers for my network. The deal is I would get fiber optical cab= le > to my server room which will get hooked to a Cisco router. Then I have = to > divide the network between about 50 wireless nodes, each with 50-90 mbi= t > link. > All the nodes have to talk to my server park with misc services like bw > limiting, mail,web,radius for user auth, live streaming etc. > Now, I have no idea how to hook the nodes together with the servers beh= ind > my routers so that the traffic doesn't get choked. > I would have to limit bw of the users on those front routers as well, m= ost > propably with DUMMYNET or ALTQ. > I also have to plan server(s) for web and email hosting. I have to dece= ide > how to split them, what CPU's to use and how much HD space (each user w= ill > get about 30 megs of email and 30 megs of web space). > I can set up all the services with my eyes closed but I have zero > experience with that big amount of traffic. > Please give me an advice guys, I really feel lost here :) > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > YazzY > >> Just about managing users,emails and quota's, >> >> a program like plesk would probably do it. I don't know a lot about it= , >> but it might be worth having a look at. >> >> >> Regards, >> Lachlan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Charles Hatvany Sen= t: >> Friday, August 29, 2003 12:13 AM >> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; freebsd@yazzy.org >> Subject: Re: Chosing a hosting server. >> >> >> Martin, >> >> DNS should allow you to split the mail from the web by pointing the MX >> and the A records to different places. Ditto for ftp, if that is set = up >> with a different URL (such as ftp.xxxx.com). So you could have 3 >> servers doing different services. The database could be on any of the >> servers as long as you can mount the filesystem on the other two. >> >> I'll let someone else answer the question about the tools - I would al= so >> be interested in that answer. >> >> Charles Hatvany >> >>>>> Martin Jessa <freebsd@yazzy.org> 8/28/03 9:15:32 AM >>> >> Hi. >> >> I am planning setup of misc services for an Wireless ISP. >> They want to host mail and websites of their users. >> The server will run mail (imap, pop3), web and ftp services which will >> all authenticate users against the same sql database. >> They want to have about 5000+ customers. >> Each of the users will have granted 30 megs web space and about the sa= me >> for their emails. >> The problem is chosing a server that can handle all that. I could spli= t >> the services between different servers but I am not aware of an >> application that can allow me to do so. >> Any suggestions ? >> As I said I would also need some sort of tool to be able to easly hand= le >> things like adding new users with custom email and web quota, ability = to >> add new email addresses for one user, it should also be able to talk t= o >> a radius server which will authenticate connections with the same >> database as the mail server. >> It does not have to be an open source application. >> Any help appreciated. >> >> Cheers, >> YazzY >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-isp@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-isp > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-isp-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Christopher Raven c.raven@uk.cian.net http://www.cian.net/ =A6 A PLESK Gold Partner IP transit, web registration, hosting, design & consultancy services
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