Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 21:02:38 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Vincent Poy <vince@mail.MCESTATE.COM>, isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some advice needed. Message-ID: <3.0.1.32.19970410210238.00b5d100@sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970410153051.11771N-100000@mail.MCESTATE.COM >
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At 03:33 PM 4/10/97 -0700, Vincent Poy wrote: >Hi everyone, > > One of my friends is thinking about starting a FreeBSD based ISP >with pops in several different locations. What would be needed besides >modems and the FreeBSD machine to provide slip/ppp services in addition to >shell access? I noticed that Whole Earth Network (http://www.wenet.net) >seems to be using BSDI machines since when you call, it will just show the >standard unix login prompt and you had to add -ppp to do ppp. Is FreeBSD >capable of acting as a terminal server? Thanks for any advice anyone >could offer. If you are looking to have more than 24 lines or so, go with a dedicated terminal server. Have a look at something like the Livingston PortMaster 3. (www.livingston.com).. Dont bother going with an analog system-- get a PRI right from the start. Users will want dialup 56K eventually, and if you want to do that, you will need a totally digital solution on your end in order to support it.. Also, this way, you can support a mix of dialup analog and dialup ISDN right away.... Even if this is not the case, its MUCH easier to administer a dedicated terminal server than a UNIX box with serial cards. Use the UNIX box for things like shell access, DNS, mail httpd etc... ---Mike ********************************************************************** Mike Tancsa (mike@sentex.net) * To do is to be -- Nietzsche Sentex Communications Corp, * To be is to do -- Sartre Cambridge, Ontario * Do be do be do -- Sinatra (http://www.sentex.net/~mdtancsa) *
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