From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 26 2:42: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from dire.bris.ac.uk (dire.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 00A8437B42F for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 02:41:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk by dire.bris.ac.uk with SMTP-PRIV with ESMTP; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:41:37 +0000 Received: from cmjg (helo=localhost) by mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk with local-esmtp (Exim 3.16 #1) id 16ff2E-0002Do-00; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:40:38 +0000 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:40:38 +0000 (GMT) From: Jan Grant X-X-Sender: cmjg@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk To: Steve Brown Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD do this... In-Reply-To: <20020225225248.HDT27257.tomts11-srv.bellnexxia.net@there> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Steve Brown wrote: > Hi there, > > Someone I know works in a small office (7 Wintels), they are looking for a > file/print server and internet gateway. Just to get a general idea, should > they > > a) consider a (Netgear or equiv) broadband router whose wan side is on > internet and one machine behind it is a FreeBSD machine running Samba > (file/print sharing is what Samba's for, right?) -OR- > > b) the FreeBSD machine acts as a gateway as well, no BB router? Can it do > this and file/print serving? > > Decent security required (sensitive personal info involved, but no > e-commerce). > > The proposal they've been offered involves a BB router, everyone behind it, > including a Win2000 server. This would involve $1700 to Microsoft for > licences. Would it be worth it to use an opensource solution or would it cost > more than that for them to pay someone to figure out how to do it with > FreeBSD? > > Any opinions welcome, thanks! You can go with either, however, I'd recommend the former. Small office router/firewall boxes are cheap, have low heat output and fewer moving parts than a PC; there's less chance of a catastrophe after a power outage. You may find that they have a natty web-based configuration too. Unless you have particularly odd firewalling requirements, that sounds ideal (check firmware upgradability though). As to the f+p server, samba sounds fine. You might want to look at the ACL stuff that goes with it. -- jan grant, ILRT, University of Bristol. http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44(0)117 9287088 Fax +44 (0)117 9287112 RFC822 jan.grant@bris.ac.uk Solution: (n) a watered-down version of something neat. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message