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Re: Linux router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Carp, KHIJOL SysAdmin)
Tue Jan 23 10:48:47 1996
From: "Ed Carp, KHIJOL SysAdmin" <erc@dal1820.computek.net>
To: doughty@cis.nmclites.edu (Shawn G. Doughty)
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 07:50:56 -0600 (CST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960122154337.15438A-100000@cis.nmclites.edu> from "Shawn G. Doughty" at Jan 22, 96 03:50:03 pm
Reply-To: ecarp@netcom.com
> 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?
Yes.
> 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?
If I read the discussions going on on the linus ISP list
(linuxisp@lightning.com), the answer is yes, too.
> 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?
Again, another question for the ISP list.
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