Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:50:53 -0800 From: greg strockbine <gstrock@dpc.com> To: Marty Poulin <mpoulin@rascal.honk.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cable modems are Good Things. Message-ID: <36F9502C.9157A560@dpc.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990323163407.2986B-100000@rascal.honk.org>
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Boy, you've sure been busy, didn't notice an ftp server in there anywhere :-) DSL is good too. I did a network install of FreeBSD over my DSL line, got transfer rates between 80-130 Kbytes/sec. greg s. Marty Poulin wrote: > Since I got my cable modem, I have had lots of chances to > experiment with some of the "cool" things in FreeBSD. > > So far, to date, I have done the following: > > - Set up a gateway / firewall to the internet. (lost many nights of sleep > over that one...) > > - got a "real" domain name for my machine on a friend's domain (I just > couldn't live with the mile-long "@home" domain name) > > - set up SMTP and POP3, got my very own MX record. (thanks in part to the > latest issue of "Daemon News") > > - Set up a simple DNS server > > Now if I can get my hands on another pc with some disk space, I will try > setting up an NNTP server - has anyone tried DNews for FreeBSD? I have > set it up at work on NT with no problems - hopefully the same will go > for the BSD version. > > Having a static IP opens up so many possibilities! I feel like a kid at > christmas! > > > ================== Quote of the Day ===================== > That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. > - Neil Armstrong > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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