[olug] starting broadband ISP, any suggestions?

[Kevin]

What if some business that you provide service to wants to contact some
other business you provide service to? i.e. A small business that hosts
their own website or mail server?
On Aug 20, 2012 12:23 AM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com> wrote:

> The upstream bandwidth will be fiber, 1 gigabit, already priced. The users
> will be business users, requiring at least 50/50, or whatever they need.
> their will be 100Mb users as well. I would like all users (businesses) IP
> to be segregated for security reasons. all businesses will need static
> public IPs. Last mile will be microwave.
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What is your upstream bandwidth like? Fiber? From who? They are the
> people
> > you'll need to buy your IPs from. You don't need to buy a public IP for
> > everyone, just use NAT(assuming they're home users), although there are
> > some who would take issue with that. Some of those who would take issue
> are
> > people of this list.
> >
> > Routing could be done using a Linux box. You'd need multiple interfaces,
> > and you'd want it to be redundant, although you'd want that as part of
> any
> > setup you would use. Play with iptables some to get it set up and running
> > properly.
> >
> > What kind of networks will you be running that you'll want to keep
> > separate?
> >
> > On Aug 19, 2012 11:57 PM, "Justin Reiners" <justin at hotlinesinc.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hey eveyone, weird question, I have done my googling, to no avail. I
> was
> > > wondering if anyone here works for an ISP, or has the understanding of
> > > first time setup. My boss have come to me with a task, He is looking
> for
> > > starting an ISP in his home town, as there are no, 100MB+ isps in the
> > area,
> > > connection type is fixed wireless, or microwave. He owns a tower in
> IA, I
> > > cannot say where exactly it is located because he hosts things for the
> > CIA,
> > > FBI and such. He also has fiber to the building, unused at the moment,
> > and
> > > he also has all the capital he needs to get it going. I have some
> > > questions, He wants to start with 1Gb of bandwidth, and knows plenty of
> > > businesses in the area that are looking to go faster.
> > >
> > > 1. When the fiber is installed, will we be left with a 1Gigabit
> Ethernet
> > > port I route off of?
> > > 2. I assume we will need to buy public IPs. any idea on the costs?
> > > 3. What types of switches and routers do you recommend, (hoping it is
> > just
> > > ethernet) (number of users will be around 20 at first, then the sky is
> > the
> > > limit.)
> > > 4. can the routing be done using a linux box?
> > > 5. Can multiple users use the same directional antenna?
> > > 6. How can we keep networks seperate?
> > >
> > >
> > > Any help will be appreciated. I am hoping someone in the group works
> with
> > > this type of thing. google has not been much help, I find a lot of OLD
> > ISP
> > > pages, talking of dialup modems of such. lol.
> > >
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