From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 03:45:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD5216A421 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:45:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maudeuser@yahoo.com) Received: from web31608.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web31608.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.154]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E68A043D46 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:45:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from maudeuser@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 64426 invoked by uid 60001); 30 Aug 2005 03:45:12 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=XAetcHJ018Gz50clRbfky5meave7BKboctwrWxQ7MxL3KqR7Fq/objUqXIH8K3li393f6rampFqEjjiynrIaydUncu2xQ073nsDTAMoYRDdg62CKpghfipPtq3N/XDKYl2BhmG2a+f1Gt0kkM4ilACTHoAskyaC43T3faY8nrpU= ; Message-ID: <20050830034512.64424.qmail@web31608.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.188.253.43] by web31608.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:45:12 PDT Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 20:45:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Maude User To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Setting up a home network with FreeBSD (not connected to the Internet yet) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:45:13 -0000 Hello All - I have a 1U rackmount server (running FreeBSD 5.4) and a laptop (dual-boot running WinXP-Pro and FreeBSD 5.3) and I'd like to connect the two in a home network (not connected to the Internet) so I can learn web development using Apache, PHP, Python, Plone, Ruby, MySQL, PostgreSQL etc. Later I'll co-locate the server in a datacenter. I'd like the home network setup to be similar to the eventual co-lo setup so that it would provide a realistic environment for learning and testing, with minimal changes once I migrate the server from my home to co-lo. The server has two 1000Base-T, 100Base-TX and 10Base-T Ethernet LAN RJ45 ports (Intel 82541GI and 82547GI controllers), supporting TCP, UPD, IPv4. For the time being, the only client connecting to this server will be the laptop. I don't have broadband at home, so neither the server nor the laptop will be connected to the Internet. There's a cybercafe in the neighborhood with broadband where I can download files, lookup documentation and burn CDs. I was able to borrow someone's keyboard and monitor to install FreeBSD onto the server - but after HTTP and FTP and NFS are set up I was hoping I could return the keyboard and monitor and be able to install and configure any additional packages using the laptop as the console. The laptop has an internal CD-RW. The server has a USB CD-RW - but no monitor or keyboard. Is this just a simple "intranet" I'm setting up here? Can anyone point me to documentation that would answer the following types of questions: - What sort of cables should I get? - Since the server won't be connected to the Internet for now, can I pick any old IP address, host name and domain name? - Once the network is set up, can I use something like SSH or Webmin from the laptop to install and configure packages on the server, without attaching a keyboard and monitor? - What security should I be setting up NOW, so that the server will be secure once it goes co-lo? Thanks for any help. Scott in Brooklyn ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs