John Buswell wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Rlongo wrote:
>
> > information on how to setup an ISP. I have been reading all the How-Tos
> > that came with my distro but I'm getting really frustrated at how they all
> > say goto this How-To or this How-to while your in the middle of reading one
> > How-To. Is there any site or really good book out there that can help me
> > out. Any Ideas?
>
> Well an ISP is a fairly costly and complex thing to setup. What did you
> intend on using Linux-Mandrake for (mail, web or everything?). If you
> intend on using Linux for your core components (ie. you have a few cisco
> routers for internet access and some terminal servers (like a PM3)), then
> you should probably look at having a single NFS server with some kind of
> software or hardware RAID (depending on your budget), a radius server,
> mail server, web and ftp server (scalable depending on your immediate
> needs). You may also want to look at a proxy server (use Squid).
>
> If you plan on using Linux for everything (if you plan on being a
> succesful mid-sized ISP I'd recommend you get yourself some Lucent PM3s
> and a Cisco 7508 and probably a cisco catalyst 2900 (min)). If you have
> money to burn look at www.alteon.com or www.foundry.net and try deploying
> a multiple-server multi-purpose load balanced environment, such that each
> server may run web, ftp and mail and be load balanced in case one server
> falls.
>
> To go back to basics :) The minimum you will need is a web server, ftp
> server, mail server, radius server and a box to provide network monitoring
> features (ie. monitor you routers, terminal servers and linux boxes and
> page/email/notify the administrator if one breaks) :)
>
> You should also be aware that while you can get WAN interface cards that
> will work under Linux a lot of the major backbone providers (such as
> UUnet/Alternet) require you to have a cisco router, I think for a T3 they
> require a 7000 series router (if i remember right) :)
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> oh if you are looking for a good set of books, look at O'Reilly, probably
> Linux administrator, Linux Network Administrator, NFS and NIS, Sendmail,
> Learning Perl and learn how to use ipchains :) You may also want to look
> at securityfocus.org on a regular basis. You should also be pretty familar
> with IP, especially TCP/UDP, maybe Cisco IOS would be a good thing to
> learn :), and maybe you should look at some of the books from Cisco press,
> there is a good one of Advanced Network Design (IP) if you are planning on
> building a large ISP (now or in the future), it will help you design a
> fairly decent scalable network.
>
> Regards
>
> John I.Buswell
> Development Engineer
> MandrakeSoft
Nice write-up John. I too was looking for such information but wasn't in the
market yet, thanks.
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