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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!chi-news.cic.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.ios.com!news2.ios.com!rk.ios.com!rashid From: rashid@rk.ios.com (Rashid Karimov) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD as an ISP Date: 6 Nov 1995 17:06:05 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Lines: 32 Message-ID: <47lf9t$t1r@news2.ios.com> References: <45ujr7$fis@ra.isisnet.com> <466ad6$1a9@palmer.demon.co.uk> <46qqqp$gd8@news2.ios.com> <47929i$fm8@news.mel.aone.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: rk.ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hanns B. Wetzel (Hanns.Wetzel@b130.aone.net.au) wrote: : Could you please let me know: : 1. What is the max. number of users able to simultaneously : log into your system, (ie. how many modems do you run). Well, it's usually better to use special HW to handle the modems and stuff , say Xylogics makes pretty decent terminal servers - highly configurable and very reliable. You can start with 16 or 32 ports one ... should be around $3000 I think : 2. It is practical, considering cpu usage, to run a FreeBSD : system with say the HW you described, both as a router plus : httpd, ftpd, gopher, innd (limited feed), and sendmail all : in the one box for a small ISP of say max. 12 users logged : simultaneously. Or, if a P90 is not enough, a faster : Pentium. P90 should be able to handle described load just nice ... especially for only 12 simultaneous users :)). In big ISP env. I would recommend to have separate computer for INND The most crucial part again is: get only decent HW to run FreeBSD ... Somehow ... dunno how .. the FreeBSD is using 101% of the capabilities of the system , so it will _not work on shitty stuff Rashid