Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 12:01:09 +1100 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: brasseur johnny <pointer2002@free.fr> Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ADSL question Message-ID: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115908.01d56ec0@127.0.0.1> In-Reply-To: <200301072133.14956.pointer2002@free.fr>
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At 07:33 8/01/2003, brasseur johnny sent this up the stick: >Actually, my goal is to use this little workstation as a firewall for a local >little network using ADSL and maybe as a web server or file server for >personnal purpose (ex: having a file repository i could use anywhere from, >exchanging data with others with the rights i could define...). >The pb is i don't quite know what kind of hardware (modem) i have to use >neither how to make it work (i'm not so good at networking configs). >So my questions are: >- is there an existing adsl modem working on alpha/bsd. As long as the modem has an ethernet connection for the computer, then I can't see why it would not work. >- how to make it work to share the connection between several PCs on >bsd/linux/windows. ipfw or IPfilter, both are available in the base system. Have a look at the FreeBSD Handbook for information there. cheers, Rob -- Anarchy - it's not the law, it's just a good idea. This is random quote 243 of a collection of 1269 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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