From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Oct 14 13:58:34 1995 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA17748 for isp-outgoing; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 13:58:34 -0700 Received: from rustic (newt18.planet.net [204.117.105.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA17737 for ; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 13:58:28 -0700 Received: (from jlc@localhost) by rustic (8.6.11/8.6.9) id RAA16826; Sat, 14 Oct 1995 17:02:00 -0400 Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 17:02:00 -0400 Message-Id: <199510142102.RAA16826@rustic> From: "Johanan L. Codona" To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org In-reply-to: (message from Bernard Klatt on Sat, 14 Oct 1995 13:19:58 -0700 (PDT)) Subject: Re: Starting an ISP! Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Bernard Klatt wrote: >I asked this a while back and got 1 reply back that indicated the >Walnut Creek CD-ROM distribution was the 'only' choice. Are there >other versions available, if so, where, and what's the difference >between the current Walnut Creek dist CD-ROM and an alternate ver? Well, there is 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.1-stable, and the ever popular -current which can be the kernel equivalent of a bucking bronco! I had assumed that the answer would be one of: 1) Use 2.0.5 until 2.1.0 is released. 2) Use 2.1-stable until 2.1.0 is released. 3) Use BSDI. >Seagate Baracuda's seem to have had heat-related reliability >problems. Our Micropolis 1936 died after 5 months of use as >a news server drive. We're running Quantum's now.. I had read the same about Quantums! >> What are the best choices for: >> - multi-serial cards >Don't use 'em (except for the first 4 COM ports, >then get a Livingston PortMaster) Interesting. I'll have to look that one up. >> - memory per user >> - networking cards >3Com and SMC seem to know how to make solid NIC's I have successfully used both of these too. >> - other hardware? >APC's new Smart UPS products are a good choice Do we have support yet for its power-down interface? >Bernard Klatt Owner Fairview Tech Ctr Ltd. www.ftcnet.com -- Johanan L. Codona The Stekas Group codona@planet.net