From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 3 07:38:03 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5490B16A4CE for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 07:38:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (user38.net339.fl.sprint-hsd.net [65.40.24.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFA5E43FB1 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 07:37:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: from bilver.wjv.com (localhost.wjv.com [127.0.0.1]) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hA3FbwZ3082064 for ; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:37:58 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv@bilver.wjv.com) Received: (from bv@localhost) by bilver.wjv.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hA3Fbv38082063 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:37:57 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bv) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 10:37:57 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20031103153757.GD81612@wjv.com> References: <20031103141711.45901.qmail@web13303.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031103141711.45901.qmail@web13303.mail.yahoo.com> Organization: W.J.Vermillion / Orlando - Winter Park ReplyTo: bv@wjv.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on bilver.wjv.com Subject: Re: ISP ADSL X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bv@wjv.com List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:38:03 -0000 On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 06:17 , Shawn Xu showing utter disregard for spell-checkers gave us this: > I have more ADSL experience at CPE side, but we don't > want to continue to sell the other isp's adsl any > more, we want to provide our own adsl service. > I don't know much about FreeBSD either, but I am > learning. My questions: > Can we configure FreeBSD to accept ADSL connection? I > know we need a RADIUS server to authenticate, but how > many connections can we have if FreeBSD does? What > else do we need in order to serve ADSL? What do I have > to do with phone CO? The ISP I'm part of resold both BellSouth and Sprint [in a territory where metro is split so we had to have both services] We had tunnels from our Cisco tied into the respective telephone companies over DS3. You will need to contact your local telephone company to see what you have to do. It will usually require a certain committment level. Those were all ATM pipes. That looks to be changing now. We don't do that anymore and are content with working with business accounts and specialty web services. But I still get notifications from the others. Prices for resell keep dropping and one that had 5 pricing levels has cut them to two. One for 2-2500 account and the other at 2500 and above. You are going to have to find the telco requirements and then fit your equipment to match theirs. We used a 7120 Cisco for that part and out global connection and FreeBSD machines for everything else. We were builing and ISP for another group within our space and one reason for the DSL at that time was we were offerening static IPs and no one else was. Bill -- Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com