[1669] in linux-net channel archive
Linux router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Shawn G. Doughty)
Tue Jan 23 08:55:43 1996
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 15:50:03 -0700 (MST)
From: "Shawn G. Doughty" <doughty@cis.nmclites.edu>
To: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Greetings,
I have been asked to help someone setup linux as a server in an
ISP venture and have a few questions.
1) Is linux up to par with FreeBSD or BSDI to act as a main server for
a small 8-10 line ISP?
2) Can a small linux box act as a router with one of the new integrated
csi/dsu-router boards from companies like SDL? The BSDI people swear
this combo is as effective as an external csu/dsu-router but I would
rather use linux. In addition, can it handle the load in answering 8
28.8k modems using a Comtrol or Cyclades board and get good thruput?
3) Can the linux based GNU firewall tools such as ipfw do an effective
job? Has anyone used the Maxama Packet Filter software for this?
4) What csu/dsu router boards would one recommend for linux use?
Thanks,
Shawn G. Doughty
doughty@initco.net
