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Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga wrote:

>         how can i do a small net with one FreeBSD box (gateway) and
>         one (argh)windows/98? Which cable i should use to link the
>         machines?

There are a myriad ways to do this, but probably to the most straight
forward is to use two ethernet cards. These cards are becoming very
cheap now. I bought one last month for $25 US, but there were cheaper
10baseT cards for only $10 US. The FreeBSD gateway will neeed two cards,
one to the outside world and one to the internal network.

Another thing to use is a mull modem. This is simply a cable between the
serial ports with one wire crossed. These cable can be purchased very
cheaply, or you can easily make one (I don't have the wiring diagram).

And finally, virtually every computer has a modem. So just connect them
with a phone cord :-) It's slow, but it works.

David


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