From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue Mar 23 13:52: 2 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from rascal.honk.org (cr523413-a.wlfdle1.on.wave.home.com [24.112.177.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91BC9154A8 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:51:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mpoulin@rascal.honk.org) Received: from localhost (mpoulin@localhost) by rascal.honk.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id QAA03001 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:48:12 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mpoulin@rascal.honk.org) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:48:11 -0500 (EST) From: Marty Poulin To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Cable modems are Good Things. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Since I got my cable modem, I have had lots of chances to experiment with some of the "cool" things in FreeBSD. So far, to date, I have done the following: - Set up a gateway / firewall to the internet. (lost many nights of sleep over that one...) - got a "real" domain name for my machine on a friend's domain (I just couldn't live with the mile-long "@home" domain name) - set up SMTP and POP3, got my very own MX record. (thanks in part to the latest issue of "Daemon News") - Set up a simple DNS server Now if I can get my hands on another pc with some disk space, I will try setting up an NNTP server - has anyone tried DNews for FreeBSD? I have set it up at work on NT with no problems - hopefully the same will go for the BSD version. Having a static IP opens up so many possibilities! I feel like a kid at christmas! ================== Quote of the Day ===================== That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. - Neil Armstrong To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message