From owner-freebsd-isp Sun Mar 2 20: 6:55 2003 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 BA75337B401 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:06:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from plum.cyber.com.au (plum.cyber.com.au [203.7.155.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0550543FB1 for ; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 20:06:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mattw@cyber.com.au) Received: from vanilla.office.cyber.com.au (vanilla.office.cyber.com.au [192.168.155.226]) by plum.cyber.com.au (8.8.6/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA06296 for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:06:51 +1100 (EST) Received: from cyber.com.au (dhcp68.office.cyber.com.au [192.168.155.168]) by vanilla.office.cyber.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2995E57BADC for ; Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:06:50 +1100 (EST) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 15:07:42 +1100 Subject: Re: FAQ? Starter guide? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v551) From: Matthew Wallis To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In-Reply-To: <3E626EBB.26953.78C64C6@localhost> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.551) Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday, Mar 3, 2003, at 14:51 Australia/Melbourne, Mike Avery wrote: > I've started thinking about starting an ISP in this small mountain > village.... > > being a FreeBSD user, I'd rather set it up with FreeBSD. I've been > looking for FAQ's, > Howto's, or other hints for the bewildered.... so far, no joy. I've > been a network geek for > a long time, but on LANs and WANs with the site to site infrastructure > already in place... > and no marketing to worry about. > > I was wondering if anyone could recommend resources to get me pointed > in the right > direction. > Sounds more like an ISP question, than a FreeBSD-ISP question. You might want to hunt around for a local ISP group. In Aust we have a couple of groups, one called aussie-isp, that I'm on. So long as you're not taking away their business, someone's usually willing to help. I know there's some major ISP lists in the States, I just can't think of them right this second. Matt. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message