From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 5 12:31:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns.clientlogic.com (ns.clientlogic.com [207.51.66.75]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C6A615343 for ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 12:31:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ChrisMic@clientlogic.com) Received: by site0s1 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:30:29 -0500 Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105D58@site2s1> From: Christopher Michaels To: 'David Nobles' Cc: "FreeBSD Questions (E-mail)" Subject: RE: Home LAN (HW & SW) Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 15:33:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG For the hardware to physically wire the house. I would just suggest having RJ-45 jacks in each room, and wire it all with CAT-5 UTP cable. Have them all come to a common point in the house and plug into either a HUB or a SWITCH. Personally I would suggest a 10/100 Mbit Switch as you'll get better performance from a switch than from a hub, but the switch would come at a higher cost. If you're looking for hardware I would just suggest looking at the release notes for the current release of FreeBSD and pick hardware that meets that list. I hope this can get you started. If you needed more specific information, please write back. -Chris. P.S. Please don't send e-mails in HTML to this mailing list, most people don't use HTML enabled mail readers. P.P.S. Please CC: all replies to the FreeBSD Questions mailing list. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Nobles [SMTP:David.Nobles@wcom.com] > Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:40 PM > To: Freebsd-Questions > Subject: Home LAN (HW & SW) > > I'm not sure if this is the right list but here goes. I'm in the process > of building a house and I'd like to replace my old Peer-Peer Win98 'Lan' > with a server running FreeBSD. All other PCs will have Win98 for now. > I'm going to get with the builder and have the house pre-wired. I'd > appreciate any here or direction to source concerning both hardware and > software required. > > Thanks in advance, > > Dave > > Ps. Keep in mind that I'm also brand new to FreeBSD and other than some > light exposure to 'SCO' Unix I'm new to the Unix family also. > << File: David Nobles.vcf >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message