From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 15 17:27:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from gate.suntop.com (unknown [61.140.208.60]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEAC637B4CF for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 17:27:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from rep1 (rep1.suntop.com [192.168.1.88]) by gate.suntop.com (8.9.3/8.9.0) with SMTP id JAA07188 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:27:40 +0800 Message-ID: <001101c04f6c$6a96bda0$5801a8c0@suntop.com> From: "Edwin chan" To: References: <002801c04ee5$1f88a4e0$5801a8c0@suntop.com> <20001115130306.A14651@linux.rainbow> Subject: Re: questions from newby Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:27:40 +0800 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG thanks, your very detail and quick answer. very useful to me. thanks again. ----- Original Message ----- From: Igor Roboul To: Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 6:03 PM Subject: Re: questions from newby > On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 05:19:13PM +0800, Edwin chan wrote: > > I use FreeBSD 4.1.1, I am a Newbie come from linux. > > > > 1. what's the best sniffer software for FreeBSD ? Under slackware I use > > 'netwatch' and 'ethereal'. > /usr/ports/net/ethereal :-) > > 2. Under Slackware I use 'free' to got memery information, but what command > > do same thing in FreeBSD ? > Maybe: > top -b | head -6 | tail -3 > > 3. Does the dhcpd server support transfer wins server location infomation to > > client or not ? > Yes. "option netbios-name-servers 192.168.4.1;" in dhcpd.conf > Replace 192.168.4.1 with your address. > > 4. kernel ppp and user ppp, which one is the good choice ? > Kernel PPP for server. User PPP for client. But you can use your > Slackware scripts to dialout. So use kernel PPP. This is my opinion, > and I think most on the list don't agree with me. > > 5. ipfw and ipfilter , which one have better performance and outstanding > > function ? > There was discussion about this. Check archives. > > 6. Under Slackware I know all I needed document in /usr/doc and > > /usr/src/linux/Doc , where I can find all useful document under FreeBSD, > > where them locate ? > Most documentation is avaliable through man pages. > So first try "man something". > Also /usr/share/doc /usr/share/examples /usr/local/share/doc > Kernel config documentation is in LINT kernel config file. > > -- > Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", > Sochi, Russia > http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message