From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 26 6: 1:30 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from bumper.jellybaby.net (bumper.jellybaby.net [194.159.247.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F91D37B401 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 06:01:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from simond@bumper.jellybaby.net) Received: (from simond@localhost) by bumper.jellybaby.net (8.9.2/8.9.2) id OAA90669; Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:00:52 GMT (envelope-from simond) Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:00:51 +0000 From: simond@irrelevant.org To: Bob Dickey Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help! Please?????????????? Message-ID: <20010226140051.D83032@irrelevant.org> References: <20010226132944.5017.qmail@web6302.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20010226132944.5017.qmail@web6302.mail.yahoo.com>; from rmd33ms_mi@yahoo.com on Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:29:44AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 05:29:44AM -0800, Bob Dickey wrote: > I have been asking for months now for someone, either > locally, or through newsgroups to help me set up a > Internet Server for my LAN. Can someone please help me > here? I want to have ALL Win95/8 systems use the IS > (Internet Server) for mail and web surfing but I am > lost. Ok, details... > > 5 systems all LANed and working > > 192.168.1.1 IS (Internet Server) FreeBSD 4.0 > (133 MHz) > 192.168.1.2 FS (File Server) Win 95 > (166MHz) > 192.168.1.3 Bob (Main system) Win95 > (400MHz) > 192.168.1.4 Gail (another user) Win98 > (200MHz) > 192.168.1.5 Jim (and another) Win95 > (Laptop) > > All systems can see each other (ping) and everything > is good there. The IS has an internal PnP modem > (Lucent Win Modem(56k)). I can't get this to > configure. If you don't mind, I need lots more help > because I am so lost with FreeBSD. FreeBSD doesn't support Win modems as there are usually no docs giving details of how to code drivers for them, this is the whole reason they're called Win modems, if you can find a ISA real hardware modem or use an external modem it should work fine. -- Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org "Why do I get this urge to go bowling everytime I see Tux?" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message