Comment If you need to ask... (Score 1) 45
Firstly, if you need to ask how, don't even bother. You already lack the ability, and would pay out a small fortune for your mistakes or
the advice of a good gu.
Secondly, these days it only makes sense to break into this new if you already have the capability, and want some return on your invest. For instance you have a huge lan with a commitment for several T3s from sprint (or whoever), are a cable provider with 1000's of subscribers, and want moolah. My advice is if you are not Sysadmin already on a huge unix network, you will be sorry. You will simply not know the nuts and bolts of how to get it up, and clueless what to do when the boogeyman cometh.
If you do decide to do this you will have a really hard time finding the area that does not have oversaturation by other ISPs or the big
ones (AOL, MSN, WORLDNET, ETC).
All_negativity_aside::ISP
2 T3s or you will never bust even.
Some decent CSU/DSU Router combo(Cisco, livingston, nile, etc).
BSDi or SunOS (get the enterprise 10000 if you $)
3Com 3900 switches.
UPS equipment hung on the ethernet(APC with SNMP).
HP Datatank AL or equivalent tape system.
Rack Mount servers or USR Edge Server racks.
Duplex everything and use seperate boxes for name server, mail server, web hosting, etc.
Some admin stations. P200s or better, for staff.
All this stuff with 3c5x9 NICS to the 3900 switch.
(I have a gigabit link from the switches to the servers, but am serving large corporate WAN). Comdial DXP (with voice mail integration) and DUs.
SNMP console software (Openview in my case).
ISP Accounting software, or write it yourself.
Advertising.
And a very big and long fire hose, lots of excedrin, and a do-it-yourself Kvorkian kit.
Good luck, you are now a time-slave.
Final note: Your entire role in life is uniterrupted acces for some phreaks access to alt.sheep.sex. -- Not to satisfying
the advice of a good gu.
Secondly, these days it only makes sense to break into this new if you already have the capability, and want some return on your invest. For instance you have a huge lan with a commitment for several T3s from sprint (or whoever), are a cable provider with 1000's of subscribers, and want moolah. My advice is if you are not Sysadmin already on a huge unix network, you will be sorry. You will simply not know the nuts and bolts of how to get it up, and clueless what to do when the boogeyman cometh.
If you do decide to do this you will have a really hard time finding the area that does not have oversaturation by other ISPs or the big
ones (AOL, MSN, WORLDNET, ETC).
All_negativity_aside::ISP
2 T3s or you will never bust even.
Some decent CSU/DSU Router combo(Cisco, livingston, nile, etc).
BSDi or SunOS (get the enterprise 10000 if you $)
3Com 3900 switches.
UPS equipment hung on the ethernet(APC with SNMP).
HP Datatank AL or equivalent tape system.
Rack Mount servers or USR Edge Server racks.
Duplex everything and use seperate boxes for name server, mail server, web hosting, etc.
Some admin stations. P200s or better, for staff.
All this stuff with 3c5x9 NICS to the 3900 switch.
(I have a gigabit link from the switches to the servers, but am serving large corporate WAN). Comdial DXP (with voice mail integration) and DUs.
SNMP console software (Openview in my case).
ISP Accounting software, or write it yourself.
Advertising.
And a very big and long fire hose, lots of excedrin, and a do-it-yourself Kvorkian kit.
Good luck, you are now a time-slave.
Final note: Your entire role in life is uniterrupted acces for some phreaks access to alt.sheep.sex. -- Not to satisfying
