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Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 13:00:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Jarek Ajdukiewicz <ajda@zeus.polsl.gliwice.pl>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD as a server for DOS workstations
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On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Jarek Ajdukiewicz wrote:

> I would like to know wheather can I use the FreeBSD as a server for MsDOS
> based workstations. I'm planning a little MAN network expecially for 
> people playing DOS-based-Network-Games, so the IPX-SPX protocol support
> would be required and I don't know whith system should I choose.

Certainly!  SAMBA is a server for Windows Networking, which would work
great for your DOS/Windows based workstations.  It's free and a port is
available in the ports tree.  A client comes with Windows for Workgroups.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major