Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 20:44:48 -0400 From: Paul Halliday <transmogrify@sympatico.ca> To: Robert Small <rsmall@pwahec.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD networking Message-ID: <38F27580.B390B90A@sympatico.ca> References: <NDBBLNNFGKDKKFCHCHBPGEJCCNAA.rsmall@pwahec.org>
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Robert Small wrote: > > Please excuse my ignorance, but I'm a real newbie with FreeBSD. > > Now that I've gotten my system up and running, I want to network > in my son's Win98 machine for access to the internet only. > I'm not sure what I need to do with FreeBSD to get it working > after I get it wired. > > Any help would be GREATLY appreciated! Windows side: Make sure that tcp/ip is setup for your nic, and point the gateway to your fbsd host. Set your isp's nameservers etc. Extremely straight forward. FreeBSD side: edit the necessary fields in you /etc/defaults/rc.conf to turn the machine into a gateway. Again, extremely staight forward. Good luck. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Name: winmail.dat > winmail.dat Type: application/ms-tnef > Encoding: base64 -- Paul H. ============================================================================ Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. Email: dp@penix.org BIO: http://bling.dyn.dhs.org GPG Key fingerprint: 2D7C A7E2 DB1F EA5F 8C6F D5EC 3D39 F274 4AA3 E8B9 Public Key available here: http://bling.dyn.dhs.org/dp.asc ============================================================================ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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