From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Dec 20 08:10:35 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id IAA24958 for isp-outgoing; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:10:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from kirk.nrv.net (kirk.nrv.net [206.99.236.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA24953 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 08:10:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from abyss (pitlord@port-17.server3.nrv.net [206.99.236.131]) by kirk.nrv.net (8.7.4/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA22564 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:10:25 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <32BABD81.7D9E@nrv.net> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 11:23:30 -0500 From: Troy Settle Reply-To: pitlord@nrv.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: New game in town Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hey all, I've been following this list for several months now, and have a few questions for which I need answers/opinions We're a new ISP, hoping to be online by January 1. Our network configuration looks as follows: T1 (don't even ask about the source... we'll be moving to uunet or something when we outgrow a single T1) Kentrox CSU/DSU Cisco 2501 Ascend Max 4004 Terminal server 6x86/166+, HX 430 chipset (tritan II), 64MB Ram, 4-5gig IDE storage (will move to SCSI as we grow) To keep starup costs down, we've elected to use the IDE drives. We plan to keep a close eye on system/network resources, and stay on top of potential problems. We're also planning on using either a 386/25 or 486/33 to run an authentication server and name server, leaving the main server for mail, web, ftp, and other services (no news for now, thank God). We're also thinking of throwing together a decent 486 system to use as a user shell/web server, allowing almost full development access to our subscribers, including cgi. This will be done under the premis that we will not guarantee security on this system (it will be isolated from the other servers for obvious security reasons) Ok, with the network pretty much laid out, any comments? Would it be wise to use samba to allow subscribers to mount their home directories from their own machine? How would I go about setting up the /home filesystem so that I could mount additional media as we gain users? Thanks in advance for your input, Troy