Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 19:41:56 -0400 From: Toby Swanson <toby@milkyway.org> To: Tim Parkinson <tim.parkinson@ccr.ntu.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What do people on the list use FreeBSD for? Message-ID: <3581BCC3.1392ABB0@milkyway.org> References: <000b01bd95ea$68bf5f20$92194798@stimpy>
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Tim Parkinson wrote: > I'm curious as to what people are using their FreeBSD machines for. . . . I use FreeBSD on 2 machines at home. One is a dedicated print server with 3 different printers. The other is a file server, gateway to the internet via iij-ppp dial on demand and an ISDN terminal adapter, primary DNS server, NIS master server, and POP3 post office. Both hosts run SAMBA for client file and printer access. All the family members run Windows 95 on their PCs. This arrangement gives everyone instant, if the connection is up, concurrent access to the internet and faster access than Micro$oft's dial-up networking. I also only need one internet account. By having a post office on my end of the connection I can have as many (or as few) mailboxes as I want, which ishandy for when family comes to visit. The ISDN line has enough bandwidth for 2 or 3 users simultaneously (unless they are all trying to download huge files.) I chose FreeBSD over Linux because it's more stable, easier to setup and maintain (IMHO), and has all this tech support, hand holding and commiserating in one convenient location. Toby (toby@milkyway.org) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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