Re: FreeBSD workstation on Windows network?

someboady@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
: I have a home network w/ DSL and a wireless router. (Linksys) My router
: performs DHCP for the network. I have 4 windows based PC's hooked up, 2 on
: a wire, 2 on wireless. 1 is XP Pro, and the rest are home editions.
:
: I have another Pentium III machine that I would like to setup w/ FreeBSD.
:
My firewall is currently 2x800MHz PIIIs running FBSD 6.1. It
is connected to a cable modem and does DHCP. The workstation behind
it has all of the important info on it, and is where this post was
created.
:
: Perhaps I could use the FreeBSD machine to make my home network more secure.
:
Dunno about that. Your router probably does a decent job at
that.
:
: Maybe I could use it as a web server. (Get a static IP from the phone
: company and my son and I could work on this project together)
:
Gack to the phone line, although the DHCP could present some
problems.
:
: To be frank, when I look at the directories on freebsd frp sites, I remember
: those those things, but not very well :)
: I'm sure I could pick it up again (Fast if it was an NCR Tower), but on a
: PC? Technology has sorta passed me by here.
:
You do realize that FBSD is not based on SYSV, yes? It is based
on BSD, so there are some significant differences on how things are
done. If you want to play SYSV again, you could consider Slowaris
from SUN. The i386 version is finally free, and is definitely SYSV.
Then you have to deal with the crap SUN provides to make it "better"...
:
: My thread is here because I hope some of you will take a minute or two to
: tell me what sort of things I can do. Should I just plan on making it a unix
: pc that connects to the router the same as my other boxes?
:
I'd say put FBSD on the PIII, and play with it. At most it
will cost you a couple of CDs and the download. (And, yeah, I'd
suggest burning the CD's - mistakes are easier to correct if you
throw the boot CD into the drive and start over).

From there, you can decide what to do. Just getting an X window
configured can be a challenge. Not getting one running, getting one
running and set up as you like it. I prefer motif flavored ones
myself, likely from the late 80s when I played with NCD boxes that
finally replaced a lovely TV9220...

Bruce
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