From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 8 23:41:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA08520 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 23:41:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA08493 for ; Mon, 8 Sep 1997 23:41:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA09411; Tue, 9 Sep 1997 07:40:31 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199709090640.HAA09411@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Greg Lehey cc: bsd@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: first timer ! In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 09 Sep 1997 11:15:02 +0930." <19970909111502.03046@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 09 Sep 1997 07:40:31 +0100 From: Brian Somers 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. Hint: man ppp. > Greg -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....