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From: "Amancio Hasty, Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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: 20 Jul 1995 01:57:06 GMT
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peter@nmti.com (Peter da Silva) wrote:
>In article <3uhstv$pf@empire.texas.net>,
>Joseph R.M. Zbiciak <im14u2c@millenium.texas.net> wrote:
>> It's certainly possible.  I wouldn't recommend it, however.  At least,
>> not yet.  Too many PC boxes have suboptimal architectures.  More established
>> workstation-class machines would probably be better choices, and nowadays,
>> such machines can be had for the same price as a big PC.
>
>I maybe would consider an Alpha-based box, because then you're getting more
>horsepower than you can get out of a PC, period. But the low end Alpha servers
>use the same bus as the PCs!

However, the Alphas can drive the PCI at full speed and I am not sure that
this matters for an ISP since the bottleneck most likely will be the network
connection. I would chose FreeBSD or Netbsd on a P90 with a nice PCI 
adapter Bustek or Adaptec and if you really have to I would tried out Linux.

On the traditional workstations, the one objection that I  have is
support and the lack of sources *freely* available.

I have run slip, ppp , and have been directly connect to a network with
FreeBSD.

Right now, I am connected to the Net using an ISDN Ascend router. Most the
connectivity problems have been associated with my ISPs and not with my
system which is kind of cool after a while people do pay attention :)
Not sure if it matters but my system is also connected to the MBONE .

	Enjoy,
	Amancio