Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 14:06:35 -0500 From: Jim Arnold <jim@ohio.com> To: "Shawn O'Bryhim" <antiquitas@earthlink.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: mac/pc Message-ID: <a05100300b810834f3bbf@[206.128.102.10]> In-Reply-To: <B8102C25.1E2%antiquitas@earthlink.net> References: <B8102C25.1E2%antiquitas@earthlink.net>
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--============_-1206876089==_ma============ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" At 12:33 PM +0000 11/8/01, Shawn O'Bryhim wrote: >I am interested in sing freebsd but have a few questions. I have a PC with >Windos 98 on it and a Toshiba laptop with windows 95. My husband has a MAC. >We have a DSL connection for the internet and would like to be able to use >the connection on both his MAC and my PC at the same time. If I were to put >freebsd on my laptop and use that for my internet purposes only, would we be >able to create a network between my laptop, his MAC and my PC with freebsd? >I hope this is not too confusing. > >Also, I am still not clear about how freebsd works. If I put that on my >laptop that has win95, will i still see or use win95, or will it be totally >gone? ( i won't cry if that's the case). If it were me I would set up a freebsd box to act as the server. You can run Samba on it to allow your PC's to connect to it. Install Netatalk to allow your macs to connect to the FreeBSD box. You can't easily have the pc and mac talk to each other directly but you can use the FreeBSD box as a server to mount your "home" directory (and others) on the win or mac boxes. Think of the BSD box as the way station to drop off and pick up files between the two systems. The fbsd box shows up in the appleshare volumes under the chooser while the fbsd box shows up under network under windows you could also have your freebsd box as as a firewall and router between your local network and the dsl. with a second nic card in the fbsd box you feed the dsl line into one nic and the second nic plugs into a hub or switch. all the other computers then plug into the hub or switch. for an easy to setup firewall/routing/natd solution you may want to take a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/thewall/ -- this is a picobsd floppy-based firewall. What's really cool is that it runs off a computer that only needs a floppy drive, 2 nic cards and RAM. No hard drive or cd-rom needed. It makes for a very reliable unit. I run in on my cable modem service and it works great. "Single floppy or compact flash based firewall for home DSL / cable modem users based on PicoBSD. Platforms includes embedded PCs with or without video and keyboard support such as the Soekris Net4501 as well as old PCs." -- ___________________________________________________________ Jim Arnold <jarnold@knightridder.com> Voice: 330.253.9524 x 9-12 Ohio.com Site Administrator Fax: 330.253.8214 http://www.ohio.com Cell: 330.730.0797 AOL IM: instantjim 12 E. Exchange Street - 2nd Fl -- Akron, OH 44308 --============_-1206876089==_ma============ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- blockquote, dl, ul, ol, li { padding-top: 0 ; padding-bottom: 0 } --></style><title>Re: mac/pc</title></head><body> <div><br></div> <div>At 12:33 PM +0000 11/8/01, Shawn O'Bryhim wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>I am interested in sing freebsd but have a few questions. I have a PC with<br> Windos 98 on it and a Toshiba laptop with windows 95. My husband has a MAC.<br> We have a DSL connection for the internet and would like to be able to use<br> the connection on both his MAC and my PC at the same time. If I were to put<br> freebsd on my laptop and use that for my internet purposes only, would we be<br> able to create a network between my laptop, his MAC and my PC with freebsd?<br> I hope this is not too confusing.<br> <br> Also, I am still not clear about how freebsd works. If I put that on my<br> laptop that has win95, will i still see or use win95, or will it be totally</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>gone? ( i won't cry if that's the case).</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div>If it were me I would set up a freebsd box to act as the server.</div> <div>You can run Samba on it to allow your PC's to connect to it. Install</div> <div>Netatalk to allow your macs to connect to the FreeBSD box.</div> <div><br></div> <div>You can't easily have the pc and mac talk to each other</div> <div>directly but you can use the FreeBSD box as a server</div> <div>to mount your "home" directory (and others) on the win or mac boxes.</div> <div>Think of the BSD box as the way station to drop off and pick up files</div> <div>between the two systems. The fbsd box shows up in the appleshare</div> <div>volumes under the chooser while the fbsd box shows up under network under</div> <div>windows</div> <div><br></div> <div>you could also have your freebsd box as as a firewall and router</div> <div>between your local network and the dsl. with a second nic card in the fbsd box you feed</div> <div>the dsl line into one nic and the second nic plugs into a hub or switch. all the</div> <div>other computers then plug into the hub or switch.</div> <div><br></div> <div>for an easy to setup firewall/routing/natd solution you may want to take a look</div> <div>at http://sourceforge.net/projects/thewall/ -- this is a picobsd floppy-based</div> <div>firewall. What's really cool is that it runs off a computer that only needs a floppy</div> <div>drive, 2 nic cards and RAM. No hard drive or cd-rom needed. It makes for a</div> <div>very reliable unit. I run in on my cable modem service and it works great.</div> <div><br></div> <div><font face="Verdana" size="+1" color="#333333">"Single floppy or compact flash based firewall for home DSL / cable modem users based on PicoBSD. Platforms includes embedded PCs with or without video and keyboard support such as the Soekris Net4501 as well as old PCs."</font></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> </body> </html> --============_-1206876089==_ma============-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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