On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 08:27:57PM -0700, Leo Clark wrote: > Since FreeBSD seams to be having problems with my Orinoco card it though I > would give OpenBSD 2.9 a try. So far so good. I managed to get it > installed and networking up. I even got all the orinoco stuff configured > and up. I'm now sucesfully passing packets wirelessly. Nice :) What did you think of the installation? Quick, eh? > > A couple things I have noticed, there is no Handbook. Is there a handbook > equivliant for OpenBSD? It's just so useful. > OpenBSD does not have a handbook. They do a lot of work on the manpages, which in turn are very nice, and actually usable (note, they don't mess too much with major third party software, like apache and sendmail). If you are interested in stuff like policy, the website is the place for that. The FAQ is very nice -> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html And the mailing list archives have discussions on more topics than you want to know about -> http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html You can also just type 'help' (which is the same as 'man help', but easier and 'intuitive'?) Also 'man afterboot' is good for new users. > Where is the ports tree? I looked in /usr/ports but nothing. Is this an > option I missed during setup? I tried to install everything but xwindows, > maybe I missed it? The installation does not care about ports or packages. You can probably get a tarball from one of the ftp mirrors (openbsd.org/ftp.html), or you can use cvs: export CVS_RSH=/usr/bin/ssh cd /usr cvs -d [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs co -rOPENBSD_2_9 ports This mirror is in Cali, but is often busy. http://www.openbsd.org/anoncvs.html has a list of cvs servers and explains the OpenBSD cvs revision tags. The web pages are also a cvs module, cvs -d ${CVSROOT} co www which can be nice if you need to check the FAQ because you're having network problems :( > > I'm interested in it routing packets and doing natd for any 802.11b > devices that might be in the area and need an internet connection. I'm > starting work on IPNAT but how do I got about getting the routing > up? Heres my situation: > > Interweb via DSL /======= SUZUKA + MELFINA > | | Girlfriend's Debian and Win2k Box > \ | > --- GILLIAM ----------Switch > FreeBSD running |------- SWANZO > natd to share ip | My Win2k Gaming Box > | > /------------------------/ > \ > LAYLINE >>>)))))wireless link))))))) Misc Clients who need Internet > OpenBSD machine ) > with wireless nic ) > ) > ) Directonal Antenna Linking to my > friend's house on a seperate > subnet > > I would like the clients on the wierd network to still hit GILLIAM as > their default gateway but I want GILLIAM to route all packets destin to my > friends subnet to LAYLINE who would then broadcast them wirelessly to my > friends house where he will have to worry about distributing them. > > Is this posible? Dunno, but I'd try setting up the OBSD box as a gateway ... (see sysctl(8) and /etc/sysctl.conf and faq 6 <- VERY nice :) ... and having GILLIAM's IP in LAYLINE's /etc/mygate. If you read (and understand at least the majority of) the docs, and have faithfully searched the archives but still have no answer, and politely ask for help or pointers, then [EMAIL PROTECTED] can be a great friend indeed. It's a busy list, and they don't take too kindly to people asking general UNIX questions, or answering the same questions over and over. -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
