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Re: Linux router
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Cedric Edwards)
Tue Jan 23 14:20:14 1996
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 16:50:16 +0000
From: Cedric Edwards <cedric@easynet.co.uk>
To: "Shawn G. Doughty" <doughty@cis.nmclites.edu>
CC: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
Shawn G. Doughty wrote:
>
> 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
Hello Shawn,
I have purcahsed a magazine called SYS Admin from a shop in the UK it is an
American magazine. I contains a feature on using Linus as a router. It is well
written and has been done by a Unix professional. It has excellent info (and
diagrams). It contains full info on ;'gated' and Linux startup files. It is the
January edition. The guy who wrote the peice is name Johnathan feldman. He has his
e-mail address down as jognathan@co.chatham.ga.us
Hope this helps
Cedric Edwards
cedric@easynet.co.uk
