Date: Mon, 13 Jan 97 22:17:59 -1000 From: hugh@s055.aone.net.au To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Suggestions for software on my hardware. Message-ID: <199701131137.WAA22097@mail.mel.aone.net.au>
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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.
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