Date: Thu, 5 Jan 1995 00:16:58 +1100 (DST) From: Carey Nairn <cp_nairn@cc.utas.edu.au> To: "Hugh S. Ellis" <hellis@domus.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TCP/IP stack for PCs Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.90.950105000955.12377B-100000@tasman.cc.utas.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199501040144.UAA00314@domus.domus.com>
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On Tue, 3 Jan 1995, Hugh S. Ellis wrote: > > Hi there, > > I will be using my FreeBSD system as a firewall through which my users > will connect to the Internet. (Network's not connected yet since my firewall > isn't quite ready :( > > While FreeBSD is really cool, I think I may get some resistance to converting > all my users from DOS to FreeBSD. Given that they may be running DOS, or > worse, DOS + Novell, what is the best way to allow them to access my FreeBSD > server? Trumpet Winsock is quite good and supports SLIP and PPP as well as direct network connections. Winsock will also allow machines with direct connections to get all their info from a bootp server if you ahev one running.It is used here quite a lot, as well as Microsoft's TCP/IP stack for Windows for Workgroups. > > I have been told that there are some reasonable public domain TCP stacks for > PCs running Windows. Any recommendations as to what I should be looking for? > Also, if I can tune up my firewall, I would like to get them running X. Are > there versions of X for MS-Windows out there? What is likely to be most > compatible with my FreeBSD system? > There is a program called X-Win which will run X under windows but I'm not sure if it is shareware or public domain software... ========================================================================= Carey Nairn ! email : Carey.Nairn@its.utas.edu.au Networks and Communications ! phone : (002) 20 7419 Information Technology Services ! fax : (002) 20 7898 University of Tasmania. ! =========================================================================
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