Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 18:23:50 +0100 From: taxman <taxman@acd.net> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com>, daniel warfe <danielwarfe@hotmail.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: setting up server (was by daniel warfe) Message-ID: <200302211823.50101.taxman@acd.net> In-Reply-To: <3E562A03.10609@potentialtech.com> References: <F167rniLOclUvKMbavV000009a9@hotmail.com> <3E562A03.10609@potentialtech.com>
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On Friday 21 February 2003 02:30 pm, Bill Moran wrote: > daniel warfe wrote: > > The charity currently contains 2 sites which are the main charity sit= e=20 > > and a shop front site. The shop front tries to make enough income to=20 > > support the charity and cover daily operating costs. > >=20 > > Currently I am looking at a 256k ADSL connection which will be instal= led=20 > > at the main charity site and a 56K modem will be installed so the sho= p=20 > > front will be dialing in to the main site to provide internet access. > >=20 > > What i need to know is how easy would it be to set up FreeBSD as a=20 > > server to proved both the connection to the internet, internet to lan= =20 > > users as well as being a dial in server so the shop site can connect = in=20 > > to use the internet and possible backup files to the server. >=20 > Easy is a relative term. I think it would be very easy ... then again, > I've done it before. >=20 > > I am spent some time using unix/solaris but most of it has been follo= w=20 > > the bouncing ball or locating answers of websites. >=20 > I think that between the FreeBSD hanbook, and articles at various websi= tes > (especially FreeBSD Diary) you should be able to accomplish what you wa= nt > with few hiccups. Don't promise any deployment dates if this is the fi= rst > time you've done this, though. Take some time to test and make sure it > works as you want. =09I agree. Everything you want to do can be done with FreeBSD, it is th= en just=20 a question of learning how to do it. Read the right documentation, and a= fter=20 that ask some questions here and you should be fine. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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