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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux.networking:9588 comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip:12661 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:3300 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!news.bc.net!felix.junction.net!okjunc.junction.net!michael From: michael@okjunc.junction.net (Michael Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.networking.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Internet service providing-which OS? Date: 19 Jul 1995 19:12:33 GMT Organization: Okanagan Internet Junction, Vernon B.C., Canada Lines: 44 Message-ID: <3ujlf1$sn0@felix.junction.net> References: <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: okjunc.junction.net In article <3ue5qa$ain@panix.com>, Hyung-song Nam <namh@panix.com> wrote: >hello, > >I'm about to setup some P5-100 machines to provide >internet services. I need to choose an OS, and I have >come to three choices: Linux, FreeBSD, and Windows NT. Forget NT. It's Internet services are just not up to commercial quality and it wastes a lot of CPU resources. >I will have a T1 or 56k and provide terminal >and PPP/SLIP access. I will also have a small network >connected via ethernet which I will use to teach net >classes. Server will probably serve about 10-20 >machines simultaneously. One machine will be a >dedicated news server, and another will be ftp and web, >and another will be for terminal & PPP. We use Linux, but there is nothing wrong with choosing FreeBSD. One thing that the BSD systems are good at is NFS. This is a weak point of Linux so we don't use it. Pick whichever UNIX you want (or try both) and roll up your sleeves. It is a lot of work setting up and running an ISP. >heard that FreeBSD is more stable, but linux users can >argue with that We run into a lot of stability problems with Linux, but they are ususally related to hardware. >I would like to get some feedback before I begin the >process. I would also like to know if it's practical >to provide PPP using a PC server instead of using a >terminal server(?). For small numbers of lines it works fine. I know an ISP running BSDI's BSD/OS with 4 dialin PPP lines and he has no problems. For larger numbers a terminal server is the only way to go. -- Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130 http://www.memra.com E-mail: michael@memra.com