From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Mar 8 23:49:31 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA00862 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 23:49:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00787 for ; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 23:49:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA03938; Sun, 8 Mar 1998 23:49:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 23:49:10 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: "[distraxion] post-office" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: some questions In-Reply-To: <35004C15.5455@pi.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 6 Mar 1998, [distraxion] post-office wrote: > sorry 2 bother you,but i really would like 2 set up a server but dont > know mutch about it..i hope you can answer some questions: > > 1.So i put the freeBSD software on my computer,and i have a 24hourz > connection and i can run a server...is it really that simple? If you can get FreeBSD on your machine and a 24/7 link from your ISP, sure :) > 2.When you want you'r server online,you dont have to dail to something > but you will be automaticly online,altrough you'r telephone line will be > busy from then on? > 3.do i still need a provider-account? Yes, FreeBSD doesn't magically invent a network connection. That's up to you. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message