From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Dec 12 02:30:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA09245 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 02:30:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lix.intercom.es (lix.intercom.es [194.179.21.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA09240 for ; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 02:30:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from megarcia@intercom.es) Received: from ophrys.kicelo.org (iv3-61.intercom.es [195.76.131.61]) by lix.intercom.es (8.7.3/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA27206; Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:24:55 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <000b01be252c$da098bc0$40256c81@utep.edu> Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 11:34:08 +0100 (CET) Organization: Puxa Asturies ! From: Manuel Enrique Garcia Cuesta To: Juan Carlos Ocasio Subject: RE: FreeBsd roouter Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG El 11-Dec-98 a la(s) 17:36:54 Juan Carlos Ocasio escribia: > Dear Freebsd, > I am very new to unix, I've purchased version 3.0 and I > am getting ready to install it. Now I was reading somewhere that it may be > posible to set up a unix box as a router. Is that possible? Totally and definitely. > If so can I do it with Freebsd? And what hardware would you suggest for it? > Right now I > have a Intel pentium 233 mmx, 96 megs of sdram, DFI motherboard with the tx > chip set, a Diamond stealth 3D video card, 10 gig Ide hard drive, > toshiba 36x cdrom, Creative sound blaster external modem, Awe64 gold sound > card. As far as network cards go I have several to choose from. I have 3com > 509 etherlink III, a few NE/2000 compatibles, Lynks pci adapter. Will this > work? FreeBSD is as good a unix as any other. With respect to hardware, do not heed me much because I don't have much expertise on the subject, but what you have seems *way* more than enough. I'd suggest having a look at http://www.freebsd.org or the HTML manual in one of the CDs of the distribution and look there for compatibility issues regarding hardware. > Right now that machine runs NT server. Yuck ! :) > I really feel that Unix is the > way to go, but I am goin to need help.(I've bought an onslouth of Unix and > Linux books.) Also can I port the K.D.E. desktop windows manager to freebsd, As far as I can recall, at least 2.2.7 comes with KDE ready to install. I think this desktop didn't work very well for me, or maybe I just didn't bother to take the time to fine tune it. Maybe other people have different experiences. > or would you recomend the one freebsd comes with instead? Actually there are several available for FreeBSD. It's a matter of taste, you know. > I realize they are > alot of questions, but any help would be greatly appreciated. > Thank you Most welcome > Juan Carlos Ocasio > Tchnolgy Corner > University of Texas at El Paso > Manuel Garcia To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message