From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Feb 10 17:43:53 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net (hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F420037B429 for ; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:43:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdn-ar-007dcwashp168.dialsprint.net ([63.178.91.104] helo=moo.holy.cow) by hawk.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16a5VG-0004f5-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 17:43:35 -0800 Received: by moo.holy.cow (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7483550B8B; Sun, 10 Feb 2002 20:45:35 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2002 20:45:35 -0500 From: parv To: f-q Subject: ot - learning heterogenous networking (slightly long) Message-ID: <20020211014535.GA98615@moo.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: f-q Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG hi, i am using freebsd since about 3-4 years, from 3.4-stable. and on that experience alone, it's hard to find a job either as a help desk staff or a junior unix system administrator. so, i am thinking creating and maintaining a network of at least 3 os'es on 3 different machines: - freebsd 4-stable on current dell i5000e - some linux distribution on a drive shared by windows 95 on a old/low spec ibm aptiva currently stored in attic - solaris/sunOs on yet-to-buy used/cheap sun hardware - mac os x, along w/ netbsd, on yet-to-buy desktop or laptop i can see sun hardware purchase in near future but not any apple hardware any time soon. does anybody have suggestions for a linux distribution, as i haven't ever touched any? i will be using freebsd/dell for the everyday work; linux & sun could run lpd, postfix, apache, and for remote syslog logging. dell laptop has two type II card slots, a serial port, a parallel port, and one usb port; aptiva has 1-3 pci slots available, a serial port, a parallel port, maybe 1-2 usb port(s). i have a 3com 4-port ethernet-modem hub; a 10base-T ethernet pcmcia card, and linksys pcmlm 56 modem+ethernet (only modem works); a 56k external modem. connection to the outside world is possible only via dial-up modem. oh, and a ps2+pcl5 laser printer. what other hardware would i be needing to connect a freebsd i386 laptop, linux i386 desktop, and yet-unseen-cheap sun hardware/os to each other via ethernet? any other tips will be much appreciated. - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message