Hey, I've been running STN on a 386 just fine for three years now. I'd be in favor of a harddisk-based STN, but let's keep the rest of it pretty minimal.
Dave john burton wrote: > > OK... > > Make the new STN(HD) such that I can install squid myself! > > I mean, can you think of a better place to put a proxy??? Dial-out is > likely the lowest-end, least cycle-consuming process you can run. Unless > you specifically re-compile the 2.x.x kernel, you can't even RUN it on a > 386, and who has 386s sitting around now? So let's continue this to a > logical, yet realistic conclusion. You're gonna have a minimum 486 machine > with lets say 16 MB RAM. That's about a bottom-line as you can get now. > Let's say you have a 100MB HardDrive. Put say 80MB of that HardDrive to > work as a proxy. It'll speed up your customers' access and provide MUCH > more bang for the buck. > > Now if you go with a P-100 and 128MB of RAM and say 500MB diskspace, you > could support a medium sized office' internet requirements. Proper > configuration would even allow web site hosting speed up. This type of > "advance" configuration might call for a separate proxy box, but for simple > gateway services, hanging squid off the back of STN(HD) is a natural > combination and would provide tremendous returns! Besides, STN already > offers all the config parameters a standard client would need via DHCP. > > --==jb==-- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > John Burton > Midwest City, Oklahoma > http://sxs.sandbox.dynip.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 3:26 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [STN] The floppy thing ... > > > > > > One green bottle at a time guys ....... > > > > Steve. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: john burton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, 28 November 2001 10:14 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [STN] The floppy thing ... > > > > > > If we're to play the issue of "take all the hard drive space you > > want" might > > be a good time to add in a "squid" or similar proxy server. STN would be > > well served as a proxy, and since it's sitting on a machine with > > lotsa hard > > drive space, let's use it! > > > > John, any way to combine squid and STN?? I know the guys over at FreeSCO > > did it, albeit with DNS problems!! > > > > --==jb==-- > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > John Burton > > Midwest City, Oklahoma > > http://sxs.sandbox.dynip.com > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Craig Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 17:32 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE: [STN] The floppy thing ... > > > > > > > > > I really like this idea, one single floppy still, no cd's to > > > burn, no mucking about with switching disks.... > > > > > > Plug the boot disk into a box with a floppy drive and a > > > harddrive, a NIC and another NIC or Modem, auto detect the > > > cards, have one of them offer a webinterface to setup from. 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