From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Jan 7 17: 1:12 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6909837B401 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:01:11 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta02.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9976F43EEC for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 17:01:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au ([203.166.67.234]) by mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au with ESMTP id <20030108010110.LELP15953.mta02.mail.mel.aone.net.au@ausyddtp0050.ozemail.com.au>; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:01:10 +1100 Message-Id: <5.1.1.6.2.20030108115908.01d56ec0@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: rbyrnes@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 12:01:09 +1100 To: brasseur johnny From: Rob B Subject: Re: ADSL question Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <200301072133.14956.pointer2002@free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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