Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:33:47 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> To: 'David Nobles' <David.Nobles@wcom.com> Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: Home LAN (HW & SW) Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D58@site2s1>
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For the hardware to physically wire the house. I would just suggest having RJ-45 jacks in each room, and wire it all with CAT-5 UTP cable. Have them all come to a common point in the house and plug into either a HUB or a SWITCH. Personally I would suggest a 10/100 Mbit Switch as you'll get better performance from a switch than from a hub, but the switch would come at a higher cost. If you're looking for hardware I would just suggest looking at the release notes for the current release of FreeBSD and pick hardware that meets that list. I hope this can get you started. If you needed more specific information, please write back. -Chris. P.S. Please don't send e-mails in HTML to this mailing list, most people don't use HTML enabled mail readers. P.P.S. Please CC: all replies to the FreeBSD Questions mailing list. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Nobles [SMTP:David.Nobles@wcom.com] > Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:40 PM > To: Freebsd-Questions > Subject: Home LAN (HW & SW) > > I'm not sure if this is the right list but here goes. I'm in the process > of building a house and I'd like to replace my old Peer-Peer Win98 'Lan' > with a server running FreeBSD. All other PCs will have Win98 for now. > I'm going to get with the builder and have the house pre-wired. I'd > appreciate any here or direction to source concerning both hardware and > software required. > > Thanks in advance, > > Dave > > Ps. Keep in mind that I'm also brand new to FreeBSD and other than some > light exposure to 'SCO' Unix I'm new to the Unix family also. > << File: David Nobles.vcf >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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