From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 15 1:29:48 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2709D37B4C5 for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 01:29:45 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eAF9SUM10603; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 01:28:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 01:28:29 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Edwin chan Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: questions from newby Message-ID: <20001115012829.G29448@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <002801c04ee5$1f88a4e0$5801a8c0@suntop.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <002801c04ee5$1f88a4e0$5801a8c0@suntop.com>; from huacheng@public.guangzhou.gd.cn on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 05:19:13PM +0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Edwin chan [001115 01:19] wrote: > I use FreeBSD 4.1.1, I am a Newbie come from linux. > > 1. what's the best sniffer software for FreeBSD ? Under slackware I use > 'netwatch' and 'ethereal'. tcpdump, but you can install ethereal and probably netwatch. > 2. Under Slackware I use 'free' to got memery information, but what command > do same thing in FreeBSD ? top or 'muse' (muse is in the ports tree) > 3. Does the dhcpd server support transfer wins server location infomation to > client or not ? no idea. > 4. kernel ppp and user ppp, which one is the good choice ? user ppp. > 5. ipfw and ipfilter , which one have better performance and outstanding > function ? They differ, it's best to investigate them both, I prefer ipfw though. > 6. Under Slackware I know all I needed document in /usr/doc and > /usr/src/linux/Doc , where I can find all useful document under FreeBSD, > where them locate ? man intro. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message