From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 8 18:45:17 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA23326 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 18:45:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (gregl1.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.136.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA23313 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 18:45:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) id LAA19529; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 11:15:02 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19970909111502.03046@lemis.com> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 11:15:02 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: first timer ! References: <199709082351.JAA29654@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81e In-Reply-To: <199709082351.JAA29654@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>; from bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au on Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 11:21:28AM +0000 Organisation: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8250 Fax: +61-8-8388-8250 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Fight-Spam-Now: http://www.cauce.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, Sep 09, 1997 at 11:21:28AM +0000, bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au wrote: > Hi patient people out there, > > I am brand new to UNIX but am willing and able to learn. This is a > whole new world to me! > When I install FreeBSD 2.2 from cd rom will it... > 1. detect my modem hardware etc. It will detect the serial port. It won't detect the modem, because it doesn't need to. > 2. If i have the bootmanager set up to the either dos / BSD > boot...and I install, will it still detect as needed? Yes. > 3. Is it do-able to organise my box to dialout to my server Yes. > 4. Can i also use my box as a LAN router (proxy server) easy > enough? Yes. Greg