From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Apr 11 06:14:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA17493 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 06:14:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet4.buffnet.net (buffnet4.buffnet.net [205.246.19.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA17481 for ; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 06:14:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from buffnet11.buffnet.net (shovey@buffnet11.buffnet.net [205.246.19.55]) by buffnet4.buffnet.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA08303; Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:14:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 09:13:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve To: Jack Wenger cc: FreeBSD ISP list Subject: Re: Setting Up Web Hosting In-Reply-To: <199704111212.HAA14983@msn2.globaldialog.com> 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, Jack Wenger wrote: > I'm considering setting up a web hosting only (no dial-up) service. Probably > with a 56K or 64k line to start. > > For equipment, I think I need the following: > > CSU/DSU > Router > Hub If you might expand - yes - but you can start out with the freebsd box being all of the above. > > I have a P-133 running 2.1.6 with 32mb ram, and not enough HD (1.6 gb IDE). > Also running Apache as my web-server. Will be getting 2-2gb SCSI HD's for > this box. Yes - DONT trust IDE- I been burned doing that. > > I'm looking for suggestions for the connection end of things, hardware and > software. > > How hard is it to get a class C set of IP numbers? Can I get these directly > from the Internic? Or do I have to get them from my upstream provider? You get them from the upstream - the difficulty depends on the provider - they give you a hard time, go someplace else with your business.