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Re: Using linux as an ISP
On Mon, 6 May 1996, Gilad Ben Yossef wrote:
> I have a friend who is interested in using Linux as an ISP.
> He asked me what computers will i recommend for about a 100 PPP users,
> that is how many computers, what CPU, how much memory needed, and stuff like
> that. the point is of course to make the connection fast enough yet as
> cheap as possible. Another computer will do Proxy, mail, news, etc.
Assuming 100 people total user base, assuming 10 simultaneous users at a
time and assuming room for growth:
A. 10 modems
2 8-port serial cards (room to grow to 16 users)
1 4 port serial card
B. 1 Cisco 2500 OR 1 Livingston
C. 1 P5-100 or 133 (166 is too expensive as yet) with:
64MB memory
PCI SCSI controller (2940 _OR_ BT-946C)
1 1GB disk (/usr filesystem)
1 0.5GB disk (/, /var and /tmp filesystems, swap space)
1 el-cheapo graphics card (i.e. CLGD-5430)
1 PCI ethernet card
D. 1 P5-90 or 120 (BACKUP COMPUTER) with:
32MB memory
ISA SCSI controller (1542CF)
1 1GB disk
1 PCI ethernet card
1 el-cheapo graphics card
E. 1 DX2-66 (firewall) with:
12-16MB memory
1 0.5GB IDE disk
2 PCI ethernet cards
1 el-cheapo graphics card
F. 1 P5-90 (NEWS/DNS MACHINE) with:
32MB memory
1 PCI SCSI controller
3 2GB disks _OR_ 2 4GB disks (news filesystems)
1 0.5GB disks (other filesystems, swap space)
G. 1 Four-way keyboard/monitor switch
1 14" drek monitor
1 keyboard
> btw, will you pay 15$ a month for unlimited usage, line being 64k ?(but a
> *lot* less users from big time ISPs)?
I would, assuming I can use my own domain :-). Note, please, that 64k is
_NOT_ enough to have a newsfeed of any size - news traffic is about 400MB
per day, these days.
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Marc A. Volovic (marc@cs.huji.ac.il)
Linguists do it cunningly
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