From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 25 15:14:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smnolde.com (att-98-60-141.atl.mediaone.net [24.98.60.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC76E37B402 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:14:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsd ([192.168.10.7] helo=bsd.smnolde.com) by smnolde.com with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 3.30 #1) id 16fUKJ-000MvR-00; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:14:35 -0500 Received: from scott by bsd.smnolde.com with local (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16fUKI-00087k-00; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:14:34 -0500 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:14:34 -0500 From: "Scott M. Nolde" To: Steve Brown Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can FreeBSD do this... Message-ID: <20020225181434.A31119@smnolde.com> References: <20020225225248.HDT27257.tomts11-srv.bellnexxia.net@there> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020225225248.HDT27257.tomts11-srv.bellnexxia.net@there>; from freebsd@prayforwind.com on Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 05:52:46PM -0500 X-Disclaimer: If you can read this you're looking for too much Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Steve Brown(freebsd@prayforwind.com)@2002.02.25 17:52:46 +0000: > Hi there, > > Someone I know works in a small office (7 Wintels), they are looking for a > file/print server and internet gateway. Just to get a general idea, should > they > > a) consider a (Netgear or equiv) broadband router whose wan side is on > internet and one machine behind it is a FreeBSD machine running Samba > (file/print sharing is what Samba's for, right?) -OR- Yes. > > b) the FreeBSD machine acts as a gateway as well, no BB router? Can it do > this and file/print serving? Yes. > > Decent security required (sensitive personal info involved, but no > e-commerce). Yes, but there are better ways to design a network in which the computers are either exposed to the world or not. > The proposal they've been offered involves a BB router, everyone behind it, > including a Win2000 server. This would involve $1700 to Microsoft for > licences. Would it be worth it to use an opensource solution or would it cost > more than that for them to pay someone to figure out how to do it with > FreeBSD? Save the license money and get a new computer for your LAN. Of course someone will need to know how to configure and secure the box. > > Any opinions welcome, thanks! > > Steve -- Scott Nolde GPG Key 0xD869AB48 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message