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Date:      Fri, 25 Apr 1997 14:45:23 +0000
From:      Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen <pvl@nanoteq.com>
To:        NB <dextran@legaspi.globalink.net.ph>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Gateway/Router 
Message-ID:  <199704251445.OAA03803@pc-pvl.nanoteq.co.za>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Apr 1997 20:21:11 %2B0800." <3360A1B7.46BA@globalink.net.ph> 

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>     28800 USR Modem
                  ^^^^^
>         (PNP)

I hope this isn't a US Robotics Winmodem. Useless in FreeBSD.
Forgive my ignorance if I'm wrong, but there are loads of acronyms and abbreviations 
I'm never quite sure about :(

>     How can I configure this PC as a Gateway/Router or Internet Server.
> Please give me a detailed example.
> 


A few important  details about your setup isn't mentioned. How are you connected to the
Internet / ISP ?   For instance, ppp?  Do you have FreeBSDinstalled and working on 
this system of yours? Can you ping someone ?   ( My favourite question :) )

The Internet server is easy. It already is an internet server, provided that you can conect
to the internet successfully.  To have a web server, you have to install apache.  To have
anonymous ftp, see man ftpd. 

For a gateway/router, you have to edit /etc/sysconfig and set the options accordingly.
See man sysconfig and man routed.  You'll probably want to set the pc up as a 
nameserver as well, so see man named and sysconfig.   

If you want more help, you'll have to give more details. Have a look at the handbook
under /usr/share/doc/handbook, which is really excellent :)

Good luck
pierre


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Pierre-Andre van Leeuwen
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