Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 19:36:16 -0800 (PST) From: dlr@netcom.com (dlr) To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD use as a router Message-ID: <199501280336.TAA26993@netcom.netcom.com>
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Many thanks to all those who have worked to make freebsd a success. I'm setting up a simple network in my basement with a sparc2 and a 486dx50. I want to connect this to the internet via ppp. The serial port on the sparc is very slow, and rather than spring 300$ for sbus card to get a fast serial port, I spent 30$ and got fast serial port for the pc. I then loaded my first unix OS (freebsd), then got X going and configed the serial ports such that the modem and the mouse work fine. My internet provider will help me set up ppp. I have ethernet going without a hitch using smc card on the pc. Since I will basically just be routing from the PC to the sparc it ought to not be that difficult to set up. Is there a FAQ about setting up what I need. I didn't see much in the current freebsd faq except a refenece to gateway, and the older freebsd faq makes a reference to freefall.cdrom but I can't locate anything there that looks like it might be of help. I will have assistance in doing this but am also doing it as an educational experience (so I will contract some of it and learn as I go). I am still working on setting up nfs on the bsd pc such that I can use the cdrom on the sparc and haven't been successful yet. I had a sony cdrom on the pc for the install but it was rejected, so I was able to ftp to the sun( in configed the network first thing automatically) and ftp the install files from the Sun cdrom. That was nice! Once again, many thanks. If I can load this OS and config X, anyone can do it. Dave PS: if anyone has other options or possibilites for setting this up I'd be open to suggestions. I'm going to be using 28.8 modem (usr courier to 28.8 usr courier).
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