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Date:      Thu, 16 Jan 1997 10:31:08 -0500 (EST)
From:      Dev Chanchani <dev@trifecta.com>
To:        Jan A Knepper <jknepper@luna.nl>
Cc:        FreeBSD ISP <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Windows E-Mail client(s) on FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.970116102930.1898A-100000@www.trifecta.com>
In-Reply-To: <32DC2EC8.109@luna.nl>

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First, you are not confusing windows networing and tcp/ip when you say 
that FreeBSD server is not visible from windows right?

Can you ping the freebsd machine from a windows machine?

If not, make sure you have the adapters working correctly on the machines.

This should be fairly simple.




On Wed, 15 Jan 1997, Jan A Knepper wrote:

> Ok, here I am again with an other dumb question.
> 
> Right now I have a FreeBSD 2.2-BETA running and exchanging e-mail with
> the UUCP provider. Everthing works fine from FreeBSD itself.
> However, now I want to put the FreeBSD box into a PC network (also
> running Novell NetWare) and have several user access FreeBSD for e-mail
> (via winsock or something like that).
> I have been poking around. There is an NE2000 compatible adapter in the
> FreeBSD box and the thing is connected to the network. I however have
> been unsuccessful so far in making is visible. I am missing some good
> information about IP addresses, netmask's and such. Also some help from
> any one that did this before would be good.
> 
> Thanks for the help so far.
> 
> Don't worry, be Kneppie!
> Jan
> 



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