Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 07:46:10 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ethernet segment spliting Message-ID: <36D2BF32.D73123DD@softweyr.com> References: <002c01be5ec5$0a5455e0$9e2594d1@ws2600> <36D200C1.DEB5473@softweyr.com> <19990223140512.E6930@caamora.com.au>
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jonathan michaels wrote: > > wes, > > On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 06:13:37PM -0700, Wes Peters wrote: > > jonathan michaels asked: > > > > > > i've been reading in teh craig hunt book (tcp/ip network administration) > > > that teh best way to 'glue' together a network spread geographically is > > > to employ several 'bridges'. i am setting up a small community netowrk > > > any suggestions or book pointers will ne muchly apreciated. > > > > I'm not sure you'll find a book that will be all that helpful. > > most of teh texts i've comb recenly all recommend jpf organisations like mine > to go seek professional help ... ummm. > > > The bridges Mr. Hunt writes about are generally used with leased telecom > > lines, not with the dial-up lines you want to use. What you need is a > > dial-up router for your remote networks. Fortunately, the user-mode > > PPP in FreeBSD is really quite good at this. > > i was wanting to stay away from natd .. but needing several ip's for teh link > and tehn teh cpu .. teh addr toll gets heavy, so natd looks like teh only real > alternative, either that or convince apnic to issue me a class b addr space > (GRIN) .. somehow i don't think that is going to happen any time soon. You don't actually have to use natd to do nat; the user-mode PPP will do it for you. But I understand, nat always seems like a cop-out. > chomped .. stuff to think about > > > Write if you need any specific help. Sorry it took me so long to reply, > > I've been buried (again) lately. ;^) > > i can relate to that wes, and thx for teh reply. Actually, the last week and a half has been pretty rough. Diane got sick early last week with a terrible flu, Baily caught it on Thursday, and Diane miscarried our new baby on Friday. It was very early term, probably about 3.5 weeks, but it's still been more of a blow than I expected. I had just started to think about a new baby, and wham... Diane and Bailey are both starting to get better, I am resurfacing now, and will catch up on some other mail I've had pending to you since early last week when I can. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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