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Date:      Mon, 27 Nov 2000 10:17:10 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Trikers3@aol.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: free b.s.d. and networks
Message-ID:  <20001127101710.G8051@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <99.d1367d9.2753bf9c@aol.com>; from Trikers3@aol.com on Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 08:46:04AM -0500
References:  <99.d1367d9.2753bf9c@aol.com>

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* Trikers3@aol.com <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."


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