From owner-freebsd-isp Mon Oct 30 07:17:16 1995 Return-Path: owner-isp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id HAA25599 for isp-outgoing; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 07:17:16 -0800 Received: from rio.atlantic.net (root@rio.atlantic.net [204.215.255.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA25591 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 07:17:07 -0800 Received: (from midnight@localhost) by rio.atlantic.net (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA16093; Mon, 30 Oct 1995 11:00:13 -0500 Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 11:00:13 -0500 (EST) From: Richard To: chitturi@dns1.state.mi.us cc: bsdisp Subject: Re: Equipment - How much is too little or too much? In-Reply-To: <9510301425.AA04938@dns1.state.mi.us> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 30 Oct 1995 chitturi@dns1.state.mi.us wrote: > Hello, > > I am planning on setting up a ISP service mainly for the experience > of setting up a network. I am contemplating on using FreeBSD because > of what I read about its network code being stable. I already have a > machine ( 486/33 running DOS/Linux ). How many machines would I need > ( optimally ) to become an ISP? > > I know that the above question has many possible configurations. I am > not looking to setup a superfast network. My main concern is about > the extra peripherals I have to buy apart for my PC( modems, routers > etc). I read somewhere that FreeBSD can be used as the router. Is > this true? > > As I mentioned earlier, I am doing this for the experience of it. I > may be buy one low end Pentium for this along with my 486. Please > give me some practical advice for a novice on ( setup costs and > operational costs )? > > Any help is appreciated. > > Thank you in advance. > > SubbaRau > > -- > chitturi@dns1.state.mi.us > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Disclaimer - I question and speak for myself. > If you are doing it for the experience, I hope that you wouldn't be charging for service. You will quickly piss off a lot of customers if you don't know what you are doing. Why don't you try and get a job working for one of the area ISP's as an intern? _______________________________________________________________________ Richard Solis (904) 375-2912 Network Engineer (904) 375-2702 Internet Connect Company midnight@atlantic.net