From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Jan 13 03:37:22 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id DAA07340 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 03:37:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.mel.aone.net.au (mail.mel.aone.net.au [203.12.176.157]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id DAA07335 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 03:37:20 -0800 (PST) From: hugh@s055.aone.net.au Received: from mail01.syd.aone.net.au (d155-1.cpe.Sydney.aone.net.au [203.12.186.155]) by mail.mel.aone.net.au (8.6.13/8.6.11) with SMTP id WAA22097 for ; Mon, 13 Jan 1997 22:37:10 +1100 Message-Id: <199701131137.WAA22097@mail.mel.aone.net.au> Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 22:17:59 -1000 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestions for software on my hardware. X-Mailer: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v1.22 Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi All, I'm looking at setting up a small ISP business using FreeBSD. Please remember when replying that in Australia we are a little behind the US. This means that I cannot spend all the money on the hardware :-( At the moment I have an Ascend P50 (some will no doubt say over the top); a P133 with 32Mb RAM and 2Gb SCSI; a 486DX33 with only 8Mb :-((( and a 2Gb SCSI. I am planning on using the 486 for DNS & mail and limited FTP. The Pentium I was going to use for proxy and web server and very limited news. Since at the very begining I only have a 64K link will I be hugely limited by my hardware? What versions of what software do people recommend I run? I will not be providing dialin access for a couple of months while I set things up, but what sort of hardware software do people recommend for dealing with side of things? Also while I am asking for the earth, how about the accounting side of things, monitoring peoples' time and disk usage etc. I am very new to this so please answer accordingly (I will not be insulted by too much detail). I am thinking of using Squid, INN and Apache. Are there any hints or traps to avoid? Thanks, Hugh.