Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 17:04:13 -0500 From: "Mark Einreinhof" <montana1@home.com> To: <glgreen@mcafeemail.com> Cc: "Freebsd-Questions" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD and Home Networking Message-ID: <000f01bf14fd$b82b7380$0201010a@cmr.net> In-Reply-To: <37F1A0980002FEA7@naimail.mcafeemail.com> (added by postmaster@naimail.mcafeemail.com)
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You can do all of what you want with either OS. I'm not going to start a holy war over which is better. Totally a personal choice. You'll want two Ethernet cards in your unix box. One card connected to the cable modem and one connected to a hub. Connect the other 2 computers to the hub also. Run your desired server stuff; web, mail, firewall, file and print services (SAMBA), and whatever else on the unix box. For sharing the cable modem line it is called NAT, Network Address Translation, or in Linux terms, IP Masquerading. I do all of this with no problems. Cheers -Mark -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Gladstone Green Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 11:34 AM To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FreeBSD and Home Networking I have been using RedHat Linux 6.0, kernel 2.2.5-15 for the past six months. I am pretty satisfied but I am always looking for something better. I am looking for an operating system that I can use at home for a small network (3 PC's). The server would be connected to the internet by a cable modem and the clients would be running Win95. What I am looking for are as follows; a firewall, file and print services for the clients, internet access for all the clients from the single cable line, the possibility to start and maintain a web page with security. Why would FreeBSD be my best choice and also how easy is it to maintain? Are there any Net/Sys Admin books available to help me out? Can I use applications that are ported to Linux (Star Office, the GIMP, etc) on FreeBSD? _________________________________________________________ Get Visto! Groups, event calendars, email, and more... Check it out @ http://www.visto.com/info The content and views expressed in this message do not in any way reflect the opinions or policies of McAfee.com. 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
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