Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 17:33:34 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Jackson <jackson@msrce.howard.edu> To: Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc> Cc: FreeBSD-ISP@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Startup FreeBSD ISP host. Message-ID: <200005022233.RAA17591@MushMouth.AaronJackson.com> In-Reply-To: <390F50E7.507A67CE@smartsoft.cc> References: <390F50E7.507A67CE@smartsoft.cc>
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Sounds like they are riping you off for the frame relay. Check out: http://www.bellatlantic.com/smallbiz/prodserv/frs.htm Also, the Router. You could use a CSU/DSU card ($800 US), depending on how mission critical this set up is. What you want is not a hard thing to do. The only question, is do you really want to run everything from one box? Quoting Jan Knepper <jan@smartsoft.cc>: > Hi, > > I am kinda a newbie here so here come my question(s): > > I am thinking hard about setting up a FreeBSD machine as dedicated host for > e-mail and WWW. I have been talking to Bell Atlantic about this and they > send me > an offer at follows: > > 1. Cisco 2620 Router for $ 2,978.00 > I do realize that this is more than it would be to buy this thing somewhere > else, but configuration (I do not know how much I need this) is included. > > 2. Monthly recurring charge of $887.25 for 256K Frame Relay. > > 3. Some kind of security I do not think I really need. > > I have no idea where this offer stands. Nor do I know if this is really the > best > thing to do. I hope somebody on this list has a lot of experience with this > and > give me some valuable advice. > > > > Simply speaking what I want is this: > > 1. Intel Pentium based FreeBSD 4.0 Box with Apache. > 2. Dedicated connection, minimal 128K, but preferable 256K or higher to > the > internet. I understand that this is done using an Ethernet card in the box > and a > router connected to the Ethernet card. > 3. Host at least 3, but probably up to 10 domains on the box. I > understood > that Apache is able to do this. All the domains already exists, just would > have > to change their IP addresses I guess. > 4. Attach the box to our local PC network using a second Ethernet card > in the > box and a 10/100 TX hub. > 5. Use the box for incoming and outgoing e-mail for the several domains. > 6. Use the box as a gateway to serve the web. > > Why do I concider this? > Right now we have a couple of domain's hosted with different virtual host > providers. Monthly charges vary between $45 to $85. > We have 2 dialin ISDN-2 providers, 1 is backup, Each $35/month. > ISDN-2 phone line with an access plan which we usually just do not make. > About > $120/month > > The total costs for Internet access, e-mail and hosting are somewhere > between > $400 and $500 per month with all kinds of restrictions. Virtual hosts > usually > can not store more than 40 Mb, some have 60 Mb, but it's usually rather > limited. > The only scripting allowed is PERL. No C or C++. FTP is a problem. etc. > etc. > etc. > > I guess I just would be a lot happier if I could run my own FreeBSD host, > with > all the sites and a few other things upto and unlimited boundary. > > Any ideas? Comments? Suggestions? > > Thanks! > Jan Knepper "You don't know what you don't know until you know that you don't know it." -- Me To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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