From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 2 7:42:48 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from web4301.mail.yahoo.com (web4301.mail.yahoo.com [216.115.104.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 69D6937B423 for ; Wed, 2 May 2001 07:42:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from webrazter@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20010502144244.3917.qmail@web4301.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [208.193.172.66] by web4301.mail.yahoo.com; Wed, 02 May 2001 07:42:44 PDT Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 07:42:44 -0700 (PDT) From: Web Razter Subject: FreeBSD NAT Firewall To: freebsd-questions@freeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Alright, here goes : I guess I am one of those Microshaft Winblows users that tried Linux (Mandrake 7.0) and didn't get to the kernel-compiling part. I am now considering using an old system as a NAT firewall when I get my cable modem (28 days and counting). I have an link to a website that goes into the specs of setting up the system (www.betabites.com/features/editorial/FreeBSD_FR.html) and I was wondering if Linux Mandrake worked on this system, would I have probs with FreeBSD? Also, I am trying to find any .PDF files of the FreeBSD Handbook. Can anyone point me to a link for these and any other refs on Unix in general? If possible can you send a link that is NOT a ftp? My firewall here (work) doesn't allow connections to ftp of ANY type. One final question... I did get my NIC working under Mandrake It is a Linksys LNEPCI2 and found the Linux support page for that product. It says this: "EtherPCI II LAN Card - This card will work with most distributions using Kernel 2.0.34 or higher using the ne driver (ne2000)." Would this work under BSD as well? Any refs on IP addressing (as I have no idea how to set it up manually) would also be a blessing. I know I may be asking for a lot and I have a lot to learn... but I will return the favor when I can! Jon __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message