From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Mar 14 16:50:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from tardis.patho.gen.nz (tardis.patho.gen.nz [203.97.2.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C97137B87F; Tue, 14 Mar 2000 16:50:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jabley@tardis.patho.gen.nz) Received: (from jabley@localhost) by tardis.patho.gen.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA21693; Wed, 15 Mar 2000 13:49:59 +1300 (NZDT) Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 13:49:57 +1300 From: Joe Abley To: Paul Richards Cc: Brian Somers , Dominic Mitchell , Nik Clayton , Lee Johnston , freebsd-users@uk.freebsd.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ispsetup (was: Re: FreeBSD in Dixons) Message-ID: <20000315134951.D31618@patho.gen.nz> References: <200003140850.IAA00468@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> <38CE708E.10FA1F80@originative.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <38CE708E.10FA1F80@originative.co.uk>; from paul@originative.co.uk on Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 05:02:06PM +0000 X-Files: the Truth is Out There Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 05:02:06PM +0000, Paul Richards wrote: > I think it would be better to keep ISP information bundled together so > that third-party contibutors, such as the ISP themselves can easily > submit updated information. > > i.e. > > isp/demon > isp/demon/uk > isp/demon/nl Of course, if you do that you end up with a single .../isp/ directory with as many entries as there are ISPs in the world :) From a user's point of view, I think COUNTRY/REGION/ISP makes more sense. I can go quickly and easily to nz/Auckland and look at what ISP configs are available. In your example, I potentially have to look through fifty thousand ISPs to find out which have a POP in Auckland :) Joe To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message