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Date:      Mon, 25 Jun 2001 17:22:01 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: can i connect bsd laptop in place of my windows terminal?
Message-ID:  <3B375719.E2BEB377@i-clue.de>
References:  <20010625161411.A50527@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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j mckitrick schrieb:
> 
> I'm sure it's simpler than it sounds.  I hope.  ;-)
> 
> I have a windows workstation on an ethernet network.  I'd like to know how
> hard it would be to bring in my BSD laptop with a PCMCIA ethernet card and
> connect to the TCP/IP service on my network, instead of connecting with my
> windows desktop machine.  If this can be done without involving my sysadmin,
> how do i handle the config options normally done by windows, such as IP
> assignment, my computer 'name' on the network, etc?  Please keep in mind i
> am inexperienced in ethernet.

Learn how your windoze box has been configured. Repeat the process with
FreeBSD. To get more specific answers, ask a more specific question ;)

HTH
-Christoph Sold

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