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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!izzy.net!news2.acs.oakland.edu!news.tacom.army.mil!marge.eaglequest.com!oxy.rust.net!news.cais.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!newsserver.jvnc.net!stevens-tech.edu!S96254 From: pchhibbe@attila.stevens-tech.edu (Parag Chhibber) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Starting up an ISP using FreeBSD Date: Tue, 30 Apr 96 17:32:26 GMT Organization: Stevens Institute of Technology Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4m5ic0$iu6@apocalypse.dmi.stevens-tech.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: s96254.u96.stevens-tech.edu X-Newsreader: News Xpress 2.0 Beta #0 I am interested in building a single machine to connect to my T1 line. I was thinking of using SDL's RISCom/N2csu for the CSU/DSU/router combination, but does anyone know if that works with FreeBSD? Also, I probably would be using SDL's RISCom/16 as a serial port expansion card to 16 Supra 28.8 V.34 external modems. This one machine would be effectively a csu/dsu, router, dns server, smtp server, nntp server, www server, and other things. My question is, is it prudent to do the above on one system (just say I'm running a Pentium 166 MHz with 64 MB 60 ns EDO RAM. I will have two 2.5 GB EIDE Seagate Drives, four 4.0 GB Seagate Barracuda drives, and two Toshiba 6X SCSI CD-ROM drives). The cost for the above system is about $5k. Would my system be quicker if I split the function into 2 computers: (2) Pentium 166 Mhz with 32 MB RAM, each with 1 2.5 GB EIDE Drive, 2 4.0 GB SCSI drives. and 1 Toshiba 6X EIDE drive. Any information would be helpful. Thanks in advance, Parag Chhibber