From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 23 10:55:11 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E29037B654 for ; Sun, 23 Jul 2000 10:55:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net) Received: from hacker (hutch-716.hutchtel.net [206.10.71.16]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id MAA16603; Sun, 23 Jul 2000 12:54:29 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <002301bff4ce$f8318b20$10470ace@hacker> From: "Josh Paetzel" To: "Dan O'Connor" , "David Banning" , References: <00bc01bff465$33976fa0$0200000a@danco> Subject: Re: What kind of ISP/connection am I looking for? Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 12:53:08 -0500 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 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan O'Connor" To: "David Banning" ; Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2000 12:16 AM Subject: Re: What kind of ISP/connection am I looking for? > >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/ > > I agree with Dan, DSL would probably fit your needs for starters...if you grow to be super-busy you will probably need to fork out the cash for a T1, though. Josh > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message