From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 22 21: 9:45 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [216.102.203.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49D7A14FAD for ; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:09:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Received: from localhost (bri@localhost) by adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA02742; Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:09:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bri@sonicboom.org) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 21:09:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian X-Sender: bri@adsl-216-102-203-44.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net To: Ken Seggerman Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Macintosh => FreeBSD => Internet In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG To elaborate, you could connect the pc with bsd to your isp, then attach a second nic, using nat. Connect that nic to a hub and add computers till money, hub ports, or wife's patience run out. Bri On Sun, 22 Aug 1999, Ken Seggerman wrote: > Greetings: > > I am thinking about connecting a Macintosh (as client) to my PC (as > server) running FreeBSD 3.1 via an ethernet link. > > Once this connection is up and running, would I then be able to open a > dial-up PPP connection on the PC to my ISP and communicate (telnet, ftp, > http) from both machines simultaneously over the single PPP connection? > > Would I be able to add a third machine (such as a laptop running FreeBSD) > over ethernet without using a router? > > Thanks > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message