From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 5 8:44:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from post-20.mail.nl.demon.net (post-20.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 284D937B405 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:44:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from [212.238.194.207] (helo=mailhost.raggedclown.net) by post-20.mail.nl.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #2) id 16iI38-00011T-00 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:44:26 +0000 Received: from angel.raggedclown.net (angel.raggedclown.intra [192.168.1.7]) by mailhost.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Mail Gateway [buffy]) with ESMTP id A9C7513040 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:44:25 +0100 (CET) Received: by angel.raggedclown.net (Ragged Clown Host [angel], from userid 1005) id 5000622593; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:44:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 17:44:23 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson To: FreeBSD Subject: Re: Net... Message-ID: <20020305164423.GB705@raggedclown.net> References: <20020305155419.5F0DE37B4BD@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020305155419.5F0DE37B4BD@hub.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 04:42:57PM +0000, Thomas Widlundh wrote: > Hi again, > If I want to use freeBSD as a e.g. mailserver/browser-server, but only have access to "the net" via a dial-up > modem, can I make the computer with the freeBSD to dial-up and make a connection with my ISP from > another connected computer? Or does it have to be a constant contact via e.g. broadband? It is a little difficult to work out what it is you are asking. This "other" computer and yours could be networked together, and if the "other" computer is setup properly it could become a default router for you to access the net. So for browsing it does not make any difference does it, whether you go through your ISP or not. As for mail, that depends. If you get your mail from a POP server then you may or may not be able to access it through the "other" computer. Some ISP's will let you, some will not...in the latter case they will check how you are trying to access their system. On the other hand your ISP may provide web-accessed to your mail as well (as mine does) .. so the answer is "it depends". -- Regards Cliff Sarginson -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message