Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 11:23:24 -0700 From: lures@mozcom.com To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Need advice on software for ISP startup using FreeBDS 4.0 Message-ID: <240500145.41002@207.206.68.172>
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Seeking advice from existing ISP's that provide the general public with 56k dial in service. I a Building a FreeBSD 4.0 server to be the work horse of an ISP I am starting up. The basic FBSD 4.0 install just lays down FBSD and SENDMAIL. To this I know I have to add other pieces of software. I would like your help in selecting this software. The Ports collection has different flavors of some of the software products. I am at a lose to chose which one to select or if I should be looking to the commercial market for software. First of all here is the description of what I am trying to set up. 1. Dial in service up to 56K, no ISDN or DSL/ADSL or domain hosting. 2. Single PPP node and Multi-link PPP only. 2. No slip or shell or user access to native FBSD, no NFS server. 3. No PAP or CHAP Authentication. 4. Would like to use Kernel PPP mode instead of User PPP mode. 5. Provide subscribers Web pages, email services, FTP, and censored newsgroups. 6. Firewall for security and to drop all banners and auto Web Page spawning. 7. Dial in users use Dynamic addressing. 8. Using a bundled CISCO AS5301-CH terminal server with 48 modems and 2 T1-24 channel lines for dial in. 9. One Full T1 line to UUNET for internet access. 10. Pentium 3, 733 MHz / 133MHz Bus, Mother board with 100MHz bus with 256MB/100MHz bus dimm. 11. 3C980B-TX Fast etherlink server NIC, 100baseT. 12. 29160N Adaptec SCSI card with Seagate Barracuda 18GB Ultra 160 and 2 IDE 10GB Ultra66. 13. Everything will be on the 18GB drive except the newsgroup data which will be on 1 IDE drive and the other IDE drive will be a backup of the running system, no email. Questions 1. Will the Vinum Volume Manager provide any benefit to me in my current config? 2. Do I have to use quota to limit disk space for web page subscribers or can it limit space by login script? 3. Do I need Radius- Remote authentication server because I'm using an CISCO AS5301-CH terminal server? Is /usr/ports/net/radius the one I should use? Can I install this software before I have the terminal server in place? 4. For Dial in users to use Dynamic addressing, I believe I need DHCP. The ports collection has 2 versions, wide-DHCP and ISC-DHCP2. Which one should I use or is their a better one some were else? 5. For a web server Apache looks like the one, but the port collection has 7 versions of Apache13, which one do you use?. 6. Still looking for SMTP and POP3 software. If it's in the ports collection I didn't see it. Where can I find it? 7. Am I missing anything? Thanks for your input. Joe Barbish ----- Sent using MailStart.com ( http://MailStart.Com/welcome.html ) The FREE way to access your mailbox via any web browser, anywhere! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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