From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 5 09:17:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id JAA19927 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 09:17:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from basil.stthom.edu (basil.stthom.edu [199.3.235.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id JAA19920 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 09:16:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jim@basil.stthom.edu) Received: from basil.stthom.edu (dial48.as3.phoenix.net [205.240.148.159]) by basil.stthom.edu (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id LAA10469; Mon, 5 Jan 1998 11:14:18 -0800 Message-ID: <34B0BFEC.5FF0AE49@basil.stthom.edu> Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 11:11:41 +0000 From: Jim Joseph Reply-To: jcj@phoenix.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ash Yadav , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: advice on setting up a Home Area Network (HAN) References: <9801050629.AA06961@rachel.fxsing.ml.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Check out : http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/ppp.html This shows you how to make a LAN route through a FreeBSD box. As for networking equipment I would just get a 5 port hub. that is all you need. they run somwhere from $50-70. Ash Yadav wrote: > > Folks, > I just got BSD 2.2.5 running on a P5/90 last week. The next step for me is to set a HAN > ( a LAN for my home ) to hook up my P2/266 and my laptop so that I can share files and > browse the net on all of them etc. If someone has set this up I would like suggestions > on harware hubs, Network cards etc. to set this up . I am not looking to spend a lot of > money on it so a minimalist config would be ideal. Would appreciate any advice on this > setup. > Regards > Ash ;)