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Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1998 00:51:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Keith Anderson <keith@apcs.com.au>
cc: "Glade L. Hall" <glade.hall@m.cc.utah.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: RE: Equipment needed to become an ISP
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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Keith Anderson wrote:

> use FreeBSD for 
> 
> proxy
> news server
> www
> radius
> dns
> cust www pages
> email

Don't forget to avoid putting all your eggs in one basket... redundancy is
your friend.  You'll need it for your DNS regardless.

> and buy a Portmaster (2e30) for your modem pool

Er, do you have a stack of 28.8 externals ready to go or just want to
offer 30 dialup lines?  If you're starting from scratch grab a PM3 with 3
10-modem 56K cards.  You can plug a PRI into the PM3 and you're good to go
for your analog and ISDN customers.  PM2 gear is legacy and the only ComOS
available for them is ancient, but if y ou already have the externals you
might as well use them.

For hubs, avoid Kingstons, they're very slow.  I'm fond of Asante and
Netgear units for smaller needs, and HPs for >=24 ports.

> On 31-Oct-98 Glade L. Hall wrote:
> > I'm new to this so please elaborate as much as possible.
> > I wanted to know if FreeBSD has all the software necessary in handling a
> > modem hub and multi I/O card? Any recommendations for hubs or multi I/O
> > cards, and processor power?(I'm looking at a dual p200)
> > I want to be able to handle 30 28.8 modems on an ISDN 128K line.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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