Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:07:31 +0100 From: mess-mate <messmate@free.fr> To: "freebsd-questions-en" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ot - learning heterogenous networking (slightly long) Message-ID: <20020211151052.5B2791C6@postfix2-1.free.fr> In-Reply-To: <20020211014535.GA98615@moo.holy.cow> References: <20020211014535.GA98615@moo.holy.cow>
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On Monday 11 February 2002 02:45, you wrote: | hi, | | i am using freebsd since about 3-4 years, from 3.4-stable. and on | that experience alone, it's hard to find a job either as a help | desk staff or a junior unix system administrator. | | so, i am thinking creating and maintaining a network of at least 3 | os'es on 3 different machines: | | - freebsd 4-stable on current dell i5000e | - some linux distribution on a drive shared by windows 95 on a | old/low spec ibm aptiva currently stored in attic | - solaris/sunOs on yet-to-buy used/cheap sun hardware | - mac os x, along w/ netbsd, on yet-to-buy desktop or laptop | | i can see sun hardware purchase in near future but not any apple | hardware any time soon. | | does anybody have suggestions for a linux distribution, as i | haven't ever touched any? Get mandrake 8.1 | | i will be using freebsd/dell for the everyday work; linux & sun | could run lpd, postfix, apache, and for remote syslog logging. | | dell laptop has two type II card slots, a serial port, a parallel | port, and one usb port; aptiva has 1-3 pci slots available, a | serial port, a parallel port, maybe 1-2 usb port(s). | | i have a 3com 4-port ethernet-modem hub; a 10base-T ethernet pcmcia | card, and linksys pcmlm 56 modem+ethernet (only modem works); a 56k | external modem. connection to the outside world is possible only | via dial-up modem. oh, and a ps2+pcl5 laser printer. | | what other hardware would i be needing to connect a freebsd i386 | laptop, linux i386 desktop, and yet-unseen-cheap sun hardware/os to | each other via ethernet? | | any other tips will be much appreciated. | | - parv --=20 mess-mate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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