From owner-freebsd-newbies Tue May 30 18:15:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail1.toronto.istar.net (mail1.toronto.istar.net [209.89.75.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C301337BE0C for ; Tue, 30 May 2000 18:15:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from genisis@istar.ca) Received: from ip167.kingston.dialup.canada.psi.net ([154.5.64.167]) by mail1.toronto.istar.net with esmtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 12wx6x-00013G-00; Tue, 30 May 2000 21:15:56 -0400 Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 21:17:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Dru To: Bryan Otteson Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re using a 486 In-Reply-To: <002701bfcaa4$2da68bc0$9ab58dd0@arescomputer> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-1914960711-959735868=:2514" Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. --0-1914960711-959735868=:2514 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Tue, 30 May 2000, Bryan Otteson wrote: > I know I sound like a retard, but I've only been trying to mess around with > a unix-style machine for a couple of weeks now, so humor me. > What's a "gateway" computer, or setup, or whatever? The attached file is an good explanation from an excellent website for those tech terms you're not quite sure on, www.whatis.com Always is the first place I look when I want to find out info on tech terms, as you usually get a decent definition and some URLs to sites with more info. Cheers, Dru --0-1914960711-959735868=:2514 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="network.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: BASE64 Content-ID: Content-Description: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="network.txt" DQogICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgbmV0d29yaw0K ICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICANCiAgIElu IGluZm9ybWF0aW9uIHRlY2hub2xvZ3ksIGEgbmV0d29yayBpcyBhIHNlcmll cyBvZiBwb2ludHMgb3Igbm9kZXMNCiAgIGludGVyY29ubmVjdGVkIGJ5IGNv bW11bmljYXRpb24gcGF0aHMuIE5ldHdvcmtzIGNhbiBpbnRlcmNvbm5lY3Qg d2l0aA0KICAgb3RoZXIgbmV0d29ya3MgYW5kIGNvbnRhaW4gc3VibmV0d29y a3MuDQogICANCiAgIFRoZSBtb3N0IGNvbW1vbiB0b3BvbG9naWVzIG9yIGdl bmVyYWwgY29uZmlndXJhdGlvbnMgb2YgbmV0d29ya3MNCiAgIGluY2x1ZGUg dGhlIGJ1cywgc3RhciwgYW5kIHJpbmcgdG9wb2xvZ2llcy4gTmV0d29ya3Mg Y2FuIGFsc28gYmUNCiAgIGNoYXJhY3Rlcml6ZWQgaW4gdGVybXMgb2Ygc3Bh dGlhbCBkaXN0YW5jZSBhcyBsb2NhbCBhcmVhIG5ldHdvcmtzDQogICAoTEFO cyksIG1ldHJvcG9saXRhbiBhcmVhIG5ldHdvcmtzIChNQU5zKSwgYW5kIHdp ZGUgYXJlYSBuZXR3b3Jrcw0KICAgKFdBTnMpLg0KICAgDQogICBBIGdpdmVu IG5ldHdvcmsgY2FuIGFsc28gYmUgY2hhcmFjdGVyaXplZCBieSB0aGUgdHlw ZSBvZiBkYXRhDQogICB0cmFuc21pc3Npb24gdGVjaG5vbG9neSBpbiB1c2Ug b24gaXQgKGZvciBleGFtcGxlLCBhIFRDUC9JUCBvciBTTkENCiAgIG5ldHdv cmspOyBieSB3aGV0aGVyIGl0IGNhcnJpZXMgdm9pY2UsIGRhdGEsIG9yIGJv dGgga2luZHMgb2Ygc2lnbmFsczsNCiAgIGJ5IHdobyBjYW4gdXNlIHRoZSBu ZXR3b3JrIChwdWJsaWMgb3IgcHJpdmF0ZSk7IGJ5IHRoZSB1c3VhbCBuYXR1 cmUgb2YNCiAgIGl0cyBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyAoZGlhbC11cCBvciBzd2l0Y2hl ZCwgZGVkaWNhdGVkIG9yIG5vbnN3aXRjaGVkLCBvcg0KICAgdmlydHVhbCBj b25uZWN0aW9ucyk7IGFuZCBieSB0aGUgdHlwZXMgb2YgcGh5c2ljYWwgbGlu a3MgKGZvciBleGFtcGxlLA0KICAgb3B0aWNhbCBmaWJlciwgY29heGlhbCBj YWJsZSwgYW5kIGNvcHBlciB3aXJlKS4gTGFyZ2UgdGVsZXBob25lDQogICBu ZXR3b3JrcyBhbmQgbmV0d29ya3MgdXNpbmcgdGhlaXIgaW5mcmFzdHJ1Y3R1 cmUgKHN1Y2ggYXMgdGhlDQogICBJbnRlcm5ldCkgaGF2ZSBzaGFyaW5nIGFu ZCBleGNoYW5nZSBhcnJhbmdlbWVudHMgd2l0aCBvdGhlciBjb21wYW5pZXMN CiAgIHNvIHRoYXQgbGFyZ2VyIG5ldHdvcmtzIGFyZSBjcmVhdGVkLg0K --0-1914960711-959735868=:2514-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message