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Date:      Tue, 2 Nov 1999 14:36:15 -0500 (EST)
From:      Marty Poulin <mpoulin@honk.org>
To:        Carsten Holst <carsten@holstweb.dk>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A few questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.96.991102143015.5057B-100000@spectre>
In-Reply-To: <199911022020370760.008E76F5@mail.stofanet.dk>

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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, Carsten Holst wrote:

> How much gear (as in hubs or cables etc) does it take to make a win box and
> freeBSD box talk together??

1 network card per box, and 1 crossover ethernet cable to connect the two
cards. That's the simplest way - there's also Serial or Parallel cables
that can be used, but I wouldn't be able to tell you how (although the
Handbook can...)

> About Linux vs. freeBSD, I would like to add, as a total newbie, that the Linux community with all
> of the distributions seems rather confusing to me, whereas the freeBSD seems less confusing because of
> there being only one distribution. Another reason for me being partial
> to freeBSD, even before trying either Linux or freeBSD out, is all of
> the nice replys I have gotten on this list. Thanks!!
> 

Our pleasure!  Good luck with your installation.

M



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