Setting up a home network with FreeBSD (not connected to the Internet yet)

From: Maude User (maudeuser_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/30/05

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    Hello All -

    I have a 1U rackmount server (running FreeBSD 5.4)
    and a laptop (dual-boot running WinXP-Pro and
    FreeBSD 5.3) and I'd like to connect the two in a
    home network (not connected to the Internet) so I
    can learn web development using Apache, PHP,
    Python, Plone, Ruby, MySQL, PostgreSQL etc.

    Later I'll co-locate the server in a datacenter. I'd
    like the home network setup to be similar to the
    eventual co-lo setup so that it would provide a
    realistic environment for learning and testing,
    with minimal changes once I migrate the server
    from my home to co-lo.

    The server has two 1000Base-T, 100Base-TX and
    10Base-T Ethernet LAN RJ45 ports (Intel 82541GI
    and 82547GI controllers), supporting TCP, UPD, IPv4.

    For the time being, the only client connecting to
    this server will be the laptop. I don't have
    broadband at home, so neither the server nor the
    laptop will be connected to the Internet. There's a
    cybercafe in the neighborhood with broadband where
    I can download files, lookup documentation and
    burn CDs.

    I was able to borrow someone's keyboard and
    monitor to install FreeBSD onto the server - but
    after HTTP and FTP and NFS are set up I was hoping
    I could return the keyboard and monitor and be
    able to install and configure any additional
    packages using the laptop as the console. The
    laptop has an internal CD-RW. The server has a USB
    CD-RW - but no monitor or keyboard.

    Is this just a simple "intranet" I'm setting up here?
    Can anyone point me to documentation that would
    answer the following types of questions:

    - What sort of cables should I get?

    - Since the server won't be connected to the
    Internet for now, can I pick any old IP address,
    host name and domain name?

    - Once the network is set up, can I use something
    like SSH or Webmin from the laptop to install and
    configure packages on the server, without
    attaching a keyboard and monitor?

    - What security should I be setting up NOW, so that
    the server will be secure once it goes co-lo?

    Thanks for any help.

    Scott in Brooklyn

                    
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