Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 23:39:25 -0800 (PST) From: rick hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com> To: Brad Benson <brad@cyberix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, Nick Faso <fason@aasis.albany-academy.org> Subject: RE: networking windows and freebsd Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.990222233601.9028A-100000@dsinw.com> In-Reply-To: <000e01be5ed7$88a13b40$6400a8c0@BillyJoeBob>
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> There are free proxy server apps for windows that my let you do it, but > I haven't a clue as to how to set up the FreeBSD side. it depends on the > Proxy server. I do know however that it's 100 times easy to go the other > way. Let FreeBSD handle the internet connection, and do your browseing > in windows. FreeBSD does a much better job handleing the connection, and > takes some load off the windows machine. You get better performance, less > lost connaections , and maybe even less Windows lockups. If that's possible. Check out www.winfiles.com or www.tucows.com for such a beast. BUT, having run both sides of the equation, setting up FreeBSD as the dial up server instead of Windows is much better in the long run. Granted, for me it was a bit hard at first diving directly into FreeBSD as I was, but since then my Windows machines have amazingly not crashed at all! Performace is easily twice as good, and I've yet to get a dropped carrier. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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