From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon May 29 20: 7:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from gargoyle.apana.org.au (brisba6.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.66.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6A1E37BA1D for ; Mon, 29 May 2000 20:07:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by gargoyle.apana.org.au (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA21377; Tue, 30 May 2000 13:06:57 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au) Received: from roadrunner.apana.org.au(203.3.126.132), claiming to be "ROADRUNNER" via SMTP by gargoyle.apana.org.au, id smtpdo21371; Tue May 30 13:06:47 2000 Message-ID: <02c901bfc9e4$30dbf070$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> From: "Doug Young" To: , References: <39322AAA.33DF5434@postoffice.pacbell.net> <3932A182.A21C2631@radiks.net> Subject: Re: Re using a 486 Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 13:07:27 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.5600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.5600 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I've got a bunch of geriatric boxes doing service as gateways here, the oldest is a prehistoric steam powered Unisys 386 mit 16 Mb of 30 pin RAM / 120Mb HDD / 3.2 running sendmail / cuciopp / FTP/ etc, & there's a bunch of 486dx2-66 / 16Mb / 4.0 ones with all the same apps & some even running Apache & dialin. There's also at least one Apana POP running a 486-33 / 8Mb RAM / 2.2.8 / Cyclades multiport card / up to 16 dialin users ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Amdor III" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:57 AM Subject: Re: Re using a 486 > I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 running on an old Compaq 486/33 with a 250MB IDE > hard drive that provides a PPP connection with 56K modem to support 5 > user stations in a small-town public library. It isn't pretty (or fast) > but it serves (pardon the pun) the purpose and fits the budget. > > I compiled a custom kernel to eliminate stuff I didn't need and use > ijppp. One of these days I should recompile the kernel and add a > firewall but it works so well now I hate to mess with it! > > John Amdor > > theoea@pacbell.net wrote: > > > > I have a 486. Can I install BSD on it & use it as a connection to the > > internet. It would be like those $99 internet appliances that are > > advertised. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message