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From: jlucas@uvi.edu (John Lucas)
Subject: Re: Was: ISP , now: How Using FBSD?
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Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 14:51:11 GMT
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Julian Elischer (julian@mailhub.tfs.com) wrote:
: In article <3prh5v$au8@fnord.dfw.net>,  <donsethf@dump.com> wrote:
: >Is there anybody out there that is using this software as an ISP? if so 
: >please contact me.:)

: In fact let us know as well, 
: the freeBSD crew would like to  know how it's being used..
: (comments, etc.)

We are using two FreeBSD v1.1.5.1 boxes here, one is our WWW/FTP server
(CERN httpd v3.0 as caching proxy and WU-FTPD v2.4) as well as a secondary
DNS server (BIND v4.9.3), the other box hosts user shell accounts for
dialin users:  email (Pine v3.91), gopher (v2.016), lynx (WWW client),
archie, sendmail v8.6.9, IMAP, POP3, caching DNS server etc. We are
beginning to support SLiRP (emulated SLIP) on the second one as well.
While the load on these hosts is not large (but it is getting larger),
they have been very stable and have shown excellent performance; only
gopher has given any problems (occasional segmentation fault), and I
suspect a bug in gopher. 

Hardware WWW/FTP/DNS box:

	80486DX2 66Mhz, Adaptec 1542CF SCSI host adapter, D-Link NE2000
	compatible ethernet card, 16MB RAM, 2 Seagate drives  
	(ST31200N & ST32430N) totalling 3GB, HP35470A 2GB DDS tape drive.

Hardware for user host box:

	i80486DX2 66Mhz (Acer/Altos), same tape drive, BusLogic EISA SCSI 
	host adapter, 36MB RAM, Seagate 12550N 2.1GB HD, SMC8216T 
	ethernet adapter.

I will be setting up a secondary mailhub, DNS server and WWW caching proxy
for our St. Croix campus soon to reduce dependance on the St. Thomas
campus equipment (and reduce WAN bandwidth demand) and I hope to use 
FreeBSD v2.1 if it is out in time, otherwise I won't hesitate to use 
v1.1.5.1 since it is working out splendidly.

UVINet has about 400 hosts on it so far, mostly Intel/MS-Windows
workstations but with 8 NetWare fileservers and 7 Unix hosts (soon to be
8). All these hosts are connected directly to an Ethernet internetwork
supporting TCP/IP, IPX (Novell), and Appletalk protocols. The FreeBSD user
host described above hosts public schoolteachers here in the VI, most UVI
users use PC-based IP applications (winsock or MacTCP). UVI Faculty and
Staff (some students) can dial into an IBM RS/6000 and use shell accounts
or SLiRP for remote access. 

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