Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 10:17:00 -0700 From: David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com> To: atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br Cc: newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A micro net Message-ID: <396DF98C.BF63DC02@acuson.com> References: <14701.17211.576025.972452@bico-de-lacre.iqm.unicamp.br>
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Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga wrote: > how can i do a small net with one FreeBSD box (gateway) and > one (argh)windows/98? Which cable i should use to link the > machines? There are a myriad ways to do this, but probably to the most straight forward is to use two ethernet cards. These cards are becoming very cheap now. I bought one last month for $25 US, but there were cheaper 10baseT cards for only $10 US. The FreeBSD gateway will neeed two cards, one to the outside world and one to the internal network. Another thing to use is a mull modem. This is simply a cable between the serial ports with one wire crossed. These cable can be purchased very cheaply, or you can easily make one (I don't have the wiring diagram). And finally, virtually every computer has a modem. So just connect them with a phone cord :-) It's slow, but it works. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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