Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:52:46 -0500 From: Steve Brown <freebsd@prayforwind.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Can FreeBSD do this... Message-ID: <20020225225248.HDT27257.tomts11-srv.bellnexxia.net@there>
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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! Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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