Don't forget DNS
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> --
> Joseph S. Gardner
> Senior Designer / Technical Support
> Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
