From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 21 7:44: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dsinw.com (dsinw.com [207.149.40.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD0D0154AE for ; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 07:44:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamellr@dsinw.com) Received: from akane (ppp121.pm3-0.pdx.dsinw.com [207.149.41.121]) by dsinw.com (8.8.8/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA16077; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 07:41:50 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 07:40:36 -0700 () From: Rick Hamell To: Heiko Recktenwald Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hi Everybody .... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: X-X-Sender: hamellr@dsinw.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Forwarded to -questions, -newbies is not for technical help. > Hi, I wouldnt describe myself as a soldier but in this context, ok ;-) > > I am experimenting with 3.1, after some weeks 2.1.5. My first interest was > to set up some kind of mailbox with apache, lynx, kermit, ppp and I think > when I have gone tru this I can do everything...... > > Well, to do internet wouldnt be bad too ;-) > > In this context I have a problem. Never compiled anything, this will last > some weeks, I find here tun0 and ppp0. Ready to use. Isnt it possible to > make a simple network for the Win 95 box (or an old Dosbox) with FreeBSD as > the router with a nullmodemcable using maybe ppp0 and the modem using tun0 ? > > One could give internet lessons or something like that with such a > configuration. > > I do have two 3com ethernet cards but win 95 gives the impression that it > doesnt like them. In my experience, there are a lot of driver problems with 3Com cards anyways.. :( Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message