Re: [aclug-L] Put LAN on Internet

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For this, a good person to talk to is an ISP who can give you an idea
of what you want.

A modem pool is probably not what you want, since this is generally
only used if you are an ISP yourself.  Most likely, you want some sort 
of high-bandwidth dedicated or intermittent connection such as ISDN or 
ATM.  There are several local providers of such things.

For instance, if you pick ISDN, you can put an ISDN card (such as the
SpellCaster ones) into a Linux box and use Linux as your
router/firewall.  Even a cheap 386 will do fine for that.

Or, you can purchase high-end hardware solutions for
routing/firewalling, such as those made by Cisco/Ascend.  However,
these generally are a good deal more expensive.

If you are going to do something with higher bandwidth than ISDN, you
may want to get a separate router anyway.

John

"tkwo" <tkwo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>           Currently, I am mainaining a small network in my company, and I
> like to connect the network to the internet. I don't know where to start
> with. I have checked out some books and magazines. So far I knows (may be
> wrong) I can buy a router or a modem-pool (many built-in modems in one
> device). I like to know which device I should buy or is there other type of
> devices I could buy? I hope someone can help me. Thanks.
> 
> 
> 
> KONG WO
> tkwo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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