From owner-freebsd-isp Thu Apr 10 20:42:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA23213 for isp-outgoing; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:42:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.MCESTATE.COM (mail.MCESTATE.COM [207.211.200.50]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA23207 for ; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:42:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by mail.MCESTATE.COM (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id UAA13122; Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:42:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 20:42:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Vincent Poy To: Peter Hawkins cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Some advice needed. In-Reply-To: <199704110023.KAA16663@rhiannon.clari.net.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Peter Hawkins wrote: > Don't buy just any hardware. a 486 will work (dx66), but don't cheat on > the serial card. Go for a cyclades (http://www.cyclades.com) and get > the current special deal on the Ye (YeP is ok but not neccessary). We're probably going to start out with atleast a P5-90 or maybe a 486 dx266 but how much ram is the minimum and how much do the Cyclades cards cost? > Use apache and squid and get good advice on your modems - don't assume > fastest and big brand is best - talk to other ISPs and get some info > sheets. Use a single brand if you can and what you want is one that > won't have cooling problems (eg zentech/KTX hate hot weather) and can > stand on their side or are made as towers. You're looking for ones which > can talk to as wide a variety of other modems reliably as possible. Hmm, isn't apache only for httpd? We'll have that on the actual server machine at the main location anyways. I guess USRobotics or now 3Com would be the better modems to get unless there is something else that is reliable and offer a high level of compatability. > Of course you can lash out and buy an ascend or something instead. Or even a Livingston Portmaster but this will cost a fortune. Cheers, Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____]