From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 21 23:16:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com (smtp6.mindspring.com [207.69.200.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D42C837B416 for ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:16:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from user-112vp95.biz.mindspring.com ([66.47.229.37] helo=FRANKENFURTER) by smtp6.mindspring.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 166o5k-00070V-00; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 02:16:12 -0500 Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:22:16 -0800 From: Brian Sobolak X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.51) Personal Reply-To: Brian Sobolak X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <6458387136.20011121232216@mindspring.com> To: Mustang874 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: internet sharing In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 hi Wednesday, November 21, 2001, 11:04:27 PM, you wrote: M> I am a beginner with this OS and find it difficult to understand most of the M> written docs for it as they are written in too technical terms or too vague. M> I would like to set up a bsd box to use as an internet sharing server. I am M> connecting through a cable modem. Are there step-by-step, easy to M> understand intructions for doing this and if so, where? Or...any M> recommendations on publications I should aquire? Have you looked at some of the more common BSD websites, including - the handbook (www.freebsd.org/handbook) - daemonnews (www.daemonnews.org) - the freebsd diary (http://www.freebsddiary.org/) - the mailing list archives (http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists) I'd start there, and you want to work in stages. First, get the connection working with your cable modem. After that works, then try looking up how to setup your computer as a gateway for the other computers. Or, spend $75 and buy a simple firewall router from Linksys or Netgear. It's worth the money and will probably meet your needs. brian -- Got work? http://www.planetshwoop.com/resume/ This is how I think: http://www.planetshwoop.com/blog/ Brian Sobolak sobolak@mindspring.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message