Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:00:40 -0400 From: David Banning <David@www3.pacific-pages.com> To: Emmanuel Gravel <egravel@earthlink.net>, "Dan O'Connor" <dan@mostgraveconcern.com>, Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What kind of ISP/connection am I looking for? Message-ID: <397C5A18.2F2677BE@www3.pacific-pages.com> References: <200007230414.VAA08721@gull.prod.itd.earthlink.net>
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Our national telephone company has a package that allows high speed connection using a Dlink Ethernet card - they said it is possible to connect with unix providing "the operating system can handle a TCP/IP stack and a dynamic IP address" (I would need a static IP wouldn't I?) the price is right - but it brings up some questions : Everything I've done has been as a client - connected only as a user. I guess I'm looking for terminology here - if I want to have my in-house machine as the server - how do I go about getting that up and running? What is the thing I should be asking ISP's to provide me with? > At 12:02 AM 7/23/00 -0400, you wrote: > >Here's the situation; > > > >For a small 7 person company, > >I want to install a php-mysql system for taking orders, keeping > >track of sales, etc. > >Onsite speed would have to be fast, but when connected though the > >web - slow is fine. > > > >We don't want to spend alot of money on the ISP. I see companies > >advertising $400 - $1500 per month for a fast connection. > > > >I'm wondering; > > > >Is there a low-cost way to have the server on-site but still be able to > >access from the web? > > > >Alternatively - maybe we could have the company database on the ISP > >site if we could get a low-cost-high-speed connection that would be > >fast enough for staff to enter orders. > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- Weinberg's Second Law: If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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