From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon May 29 9:57:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mail.radiks.net (mail.radiks.net [205.138.126.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 458D637BC6C for ; Mon, 29 May 2000 09:57:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from johnmxl@radiks.net) Received: from radiks.net (dsp-513-omaha.radiks.net [206.29.242.179]) by mail.radiks.net (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id LAA04774 for ; Mon, 29 May 2000 11:54:11 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <3932A182.A21C2631@radiks.net> Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 11:57:38 -0500 From: John Amdor III Reply-To: johnmxl@radiks.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Re using a 486 References: <39322AAA.33DF5434@postoffice.pacbell.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 running on an old Compaq 486/33 with a 250MB IDE hard drive that provides a PPP connection with 56K modem to support 5 user stations in a small-town public library. It isn't pretty (or fast) but it serves (pardon the pun) the purpose and fits the budget. I compiled a custom kernel to eliminate stuff I didn't need and use ijppp. One of these days I should recompile the kernel and add a firewall but it works so well now I hate to mess with it! John Amdor theoea@pacbell.net wrote: > > I have a 486. Can I install BSD on it & use it as a connection to the > internet. It would be like those $99 internet appliances that are > advertised. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message