Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 11:37:39 +0200 From: Tim Priebe <tim@iafrica.com.na> To: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Info for newbie Message-ID: <36B96A63.67BC@iafrica.com.na> References: <199902040057.KAA14355@m1.gdr.net.au>
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phil grainger wrote: > > bruce, > i'm in the same process too! > where are you setting up ? > hey just try www.linux.org.au/LDP and search for ISP ... > zillions of links > be warned though, most of this linux stuff is flakey ;-) > as far as your hardware goes > isdn router seems a better way to go than a freebsd based modem > you can reboot your freebsd box as much as you like and not have the whole > service go down on you. The benifits of going with an isdn access server go well beyond that mentioned above. no more ringing signals or bad connections when an analog modem or telecom line gets messed up, v.90 support, less space required, elimination of a huge number of cables. In short just plain easier to manage. >From past experiances there only a couple of circumstances in which I would recommend analog modem: 1) your telecom can not offer any digital service, 2) you never plan to have more than about 300 customers. > At 09:57 04/02/1999 +1100, you wrote: > >I'm looking at setting up a small ISP using FreeBSD. Is there any resource > >(FAQ etc) that anyone can point me to? > >I've got one FreeBSD server running so I can play with it and experiment but > >don't really know where to go from here. I assume I need a multiport serial > >card and also a router but note that I can route using a FreeBSD box - will > >this work/is it recommended? FreeBSD works fine for routing between Ethernet segments, but my experiance is that you will be happier with a router for WAN links. Tim. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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