From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 27 10:17:14 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fw.wintelcom.net (ns1.wintelcom.net [209.1.153.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5388437B4C5 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:17:12 -0800 (PST) Received: (from bright@localhost) by fw.wintelcom.net (8.10.0/8.10.0) id eARIHAi06922; Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:17:10 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:17:10 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein To: Trikers3@aol.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: free b.s.d. and networks Message-ID: <20001127101710.G8051@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <99.d1367d9.2753bf9c@aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <99.d1367d9.2753bf9c@aol.com>; from Trikers3@aol.com on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 08:46:04AM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * Trikers3@aol.com [001127 05:46] wrote: > Dear sirs. > I need to know the answers to some questions for a presentation I must do > on several operating systems. > Can free b.s.d. support a l.a.n. net? Yes. > What protocols are needed to run a l.a.n. net with free b.s.d.? ARP, and TCP/IP. > What are the advantages, and or disadvantages of your operating system > when used in a l.a.n.? It works, it works fast and it works good. Not aware of any disadvantages except lack of SACK. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message