From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 2 09:43:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA09582 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 2 May 1997 09:43:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from commlitho.com ([207.254.73.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA09573 for ; Fri, 2 May 1997 09:42:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199705021642.JAA09573@hub.freebsd.org> Received: from [207.254.73.18] by commlitho.com (SMTPD32-3.02) id A9737410120; Fri, 02 May 1997 09:42:27 -0700 From: "Patrick Burm" To: Subject: Rock Solid System Date: Fri, 2 May 1997 09:43:12 -0700 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1160 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi: I've noticed some differing opinions about this subject, so I would appreciate any advice from long-time sysadmins. I'm starting a small ISP operation in the next couple of weeks and I'm looking for a box that will hold up without any extensive babysitting. I've created a "beta box" on a p100 w/32mb RAM, EIDE 2GB HD (Seagate), IDE CD ROM (Some generic cheapo hitachi), 3com 10/100 NIC. So far the only problem I have with this setup is the network interface seems to dissappear on occasion. I currently have a bandaid on this problem with a periodic ping setup from the console to keep the interface "up" I obviously plan on finding the culprit and fixing it permanently. But that is why I'm turning to this list. I do not have extensive Unix experience, and virtually none w/FreeBSD. I chose it because of price and user/support reputation. I was plannning on using a P166 with intel PCI MB, 64Mb Ram, 4 Gb SCSI drive (Hawk or Baracuda), Adaptec 2940w, and 3Com NIC. Any suggestions or experience based opinions would be greatly appreciated. ---------- Patrick Burm Commercial Lithographers Mesa, AZ 602.844.2294 patb@commlitho.com