RE: Bandwidth hit in natd/ipfw on 4.4-RELEASE
My first question to help is why do you have any firewall at all? firewall_type=OPEN Typically means that you have no ports being blocked? I'm hoping this is just for testing purposes? I see in your natd.conf file you have a line for unregistered_only=YES. This switch is for alteration of outgoing packets based on RFC 1918. I'm assuming then that you are looking at using natd for outgoing packets only? In which case in your files you would identify the natd_interface=dc0 allowing for the unregistered statement to then alter outgoing packets. I would also suggest if you have any LinkSys routers between your FBSD box and the Internet, that you examine them, as I have just recently replaced all my Internet hard routers with CISCO's due to the LinkSys being unable to hold an MTU setting. Just my two cents. Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic_One Internet Gaming Server Anchorage, Alaska http://games.mystic1.net -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bandwidth hit in natd/ipfw on 4.4-RELEASE Hey, I just my got NAT box running 4.4-RELEASE on an old Pentium 90 and I'm experiencing a number of problems and I think they're related.. there's been a major bandwidth hit in all my web surfing and my ICQ, AOL and MSN (using both Trillian and Messenger) are dropping connections -- a lot. I don't think a single day's gone by without a connection dropping or two. As I said before, I've taken a bandwidth hit on my surfing as well -- to the point where connection attempts are completely timing out. I've included an abbreviated rc.conf and my natd.conf here.. rc.conf snip ifconfig_rl0=DHCP ifconfig_dc0=inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 inetd_enable=YES snip gateway_enable=YES natd_enable=YES natd_inteface=rl0 natd_flags=-config /etc/natd.conf firewall_enable=YES firewall_type=OPEN natd.conf unregistered_only yes same_ports yes log yes dynamic yes interface rl0 Did I do anything wrong? Miss anything? Add anything unnecessary? The kernel's been recompiled as is appropriate. Thanks in advance. -- Matt Coe, CCNA Member-At-Large, Dalhousie University CS Society Fall 2003 'Ford! There's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out.' -- DNA, 'The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy', Arthur Philip Dent Sick of long-distance bills? Get Skype! www.skype.com ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Hardware problems or Software problems
Luke, If I may offer you my two cents. Many newer systems come standard with 125W power supplies which will probably power the motherboard, that's usually about all. By the time you add several PCI cards and several hard drives, you've overloaded the power supply. Typically overlooked, this one small gadget is responsible for providing enough power to light everything. My advice here, if you are running more than one drive (CD included), and have more than one peripheral device, I would start with a 350W power supply and move up depending. Now I'm not saying this is your problem, however, I will say that the symptoms for failing power supplies can be almost anything that pushes over that last hump. A simple Read/Write operation from the drive or memory could be all it needs to shut itself down. Hope this helps. Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic_One Internet Gaming Server Anchorage, Alaska http://games.mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Luke Kearney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 6:19 AM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Hardware problems or Software problems Hello, I have a server which recently died on me. I believed that the problem was likely the memory as the machine would reboot of its own accord initially when accessing via samba or NFS. Then I noticed that it would reboot when under no load. Given that the motherboard and CPU etc was pushing three years old it seemed like a good opportunity to upgrade to some newer kit I had. I installed a new ASUS P4800 motherboard with a celeron 2.20ghz chip and brandnew 512mb memory. Now again whilst under no load at all it will freeze. The only original parts are the HDD's. My difficulty is that nothing is left in the logs or on std out. If it is the disks I will reluctantly replace but I cannot see why disks would cause a reboot and leave nothing logged such as a time out or anything. Are there any specific commands I can issue during start up to increase the verbosity of logging to try to capture the root cause for this ? Any assistance is appreciated. LukeK -- Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Operation timmed out
This could also be caused by the wrong information about the key at either the server or workstation. Simply locate the file known_hosts on both computers to ensure that a key entry does not exist for the other computer. If it does, delete it. If there are no keys, then the possibility of a blocked port could be to blame. However, it's just my two cents. Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic_One Internet Gaming Server Anchorage, Alaska http://games.mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Vasil Dimov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ssh: Operation timmed out Hello FreeBSD gurus! I have a question for you. I have two computers, both of them running FreeBSD 2.5.1-RELEASE. Let us call them A and B. Computer A receives ssh connections from computers running Linux, Solaris and even Windows; it also receives connections from FreeBSD 4.x and 5.1 but it does not receive ssh connections from B. A ask for password and then it takes a long time to say Operation timmed out Connection to A closed. Enabling sshd in rc.d or using it from inetd makes no difference. Strange, isn't it? Hope you can help me. Thanks in advance: PD. Here you will find what ssh -v A dislays: B:/home/mrspock ssh -v A OpenSSH_3.6.1p1 FreeBSD-20030924, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090703f debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config ... try running A:/windows sshd -ddd on computer A to see if anything happens. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Installing OpenOffice 1.1 question
Actually I just downloaded the OO tar from the OO website giving me the latest and greatest. I also found that the pre-built copy I had was too old for my FBSD 5.1-Release. I've got it installed under Gnome2 and it works great! Really impressed. Once I un-tarred the tarball, I simply typed make, then make install. Worked like a charm. Links below: http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.0/index.html. Have fun. Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Stephen Liu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 10:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Installing OpenOffice 1.1 question Hi all folks, FreeBSD 5.2 I installed the captioned OS from CD1 which is the only CD in my possession. I tried to install OpenOffice1.1 but could not find it # /stand/sysinstall could not find it. Kindly advise whether I can install OO.1.1 direct from FBSD website OR I have to start from its tarball to be downloaded from OO website. If from FBSD site, kindly advise how to make it. Pointer would be appreciated. TIA B.R. Stephen Liu ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wireless Mouse?
I'll start this post by saying THANKS to all involved who have provided me with the answers to my last two posts (as frustrating as I'm sure they were). So far my FBSD box is living up to its reputation as being a windows replacement. Now I would like to configure a Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard. I've got the keyboard all hooked up and working, however, in version 5.1-Release of FBSD I only see either a sysmouse or serial, of which I've tried with no success. Is there a modification or port I need to add for a wireless mouse? Anyone? Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Boot and MBR.
I've installed GAG, and that is a really easy setup! It identified all the partitions, and what was in them, stepped me through the process of copying the manager to the disk and everything, kudos for the recommendation! When I select to boot to the WindowsXP partition, it come to a black screen with red squares in a diagonal line across the screen, not sure but it doesn't look good. Have to hit reset on the box to get out, the three finger salute doesn't work. I see the cursor blinking in the upper left corner, yet no operating system. Any ideas? Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 7:24 AM To: Mark Weisman Cc: Jerry McAllister; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot system? Which operating system do you put on first? I see that having WinXP setup in partitions is not a good idea, yet I'm not aware of how to load the system in just a slice? I would appreciate any and all help in trying to get this thing online. I need my workstation back as soon as possible. Thanks. I am not sure which thing you are referring to when you use the word 'order' but... Install whatever MS-Win system you want to have first and make sure it boots OK. Then, use one or another utility to shrink the MS slice and make room for another - you can have up to 4 primary slices. FIPS works fine if the MS slice (called partition in MS land) is a FAT, but if it is NTFS you will need some more sophisticated utility like Partition Magic (which is not free - about $69 in Best Buy type stores) I have heard there is a newer free one now available that can handle NTFS and MS extended slices (partitions in MS speak) but I don't remember the name. Partition Magic will create a slice (which they call partition since they are mostly MS oriented) and mark it as a FAT32 - or something else if you tell it too. Then install FreeBSD. Presuming you use the CD sysinstall method, when you get to the partitioning stage it shows you the primary slices on the disk and what they currently have in them. Put the cursor on the new FAT slice that was created when you resized stuff with PM or FIPS and 'D' delete it. Then hit 'C' create and it will make that a FreeBSD slice. Then hit 'S' make it bootable (which, non-intuitively will put an 'A' in the Flags column to indicate it should be bootable. I have also, sometimes, moved the cursor up and marked the slice with the MS system in it as bootable (hit 'S' on it) but sometimes not bothered and it hasn't seemed to make a difference as long as the MS system booted OK before I got started. As soon as you get this done and hit 'Q' to save and go on, you will be presented with a screen that has three choices. BootMgrInstall the FreeBSD Boot Manager Standard Install a standard MBR (no boot manager) None Leave the Master Boot Record Untouched On this screen you want to choose the first one: BootMgr Then use the tab to make sure OK is selected and go on to the next stuff. After this you will be put in to a screen to divide up the FreeBSD slice in to partitions. Do this as needed for your installation From here on out you are past the boot stuff. You will choose what you want installed - if you have room, just grab it all, and where you want to install from - FTP or CD, etc Finish up the install and network configuration. When you boot, you will be presented with a menu something like: F1 DOS F2 FreeBSD or maybe F1 ?? F2 FreeBSD or I have on one machine F1 ?? F2 DOS F3 FreeBSD because it is a Dell machine and has a bootable Dell Slice with their maintenance stuff on it. You get a menu listing for every slice that is marked bootable regardless of what it is. It labels all MS FAT slices as 'DOS' regardless of which MS system is on it.. You get the ?? if the Boot Manager finds it bootable, but doesn't know sort of system it is - such as for NTFS. It doesn't have to know what kind of system it is to boot it so the ?? doesn't matter. It is just a cosmetic annoyance. IF it is too much for your stomach to take, then you can get a fancier Boot Manager such as GAG or GRUB and install it and you can configure those with whatever labels you want to use. Those can be installed later after the system is fully installed and you have some time to play. The basic FreeBSD boot manager is small to fit in the official one sector space that is available. The fancier boot managers generally use some additional space that, by convention is never otherwise used, but is not officially available for it. I kind of with they (whoever does this sort of official definition) would just officially redefine the standard so the whole unused cylinder was official boot mangler space. jerry Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel
RE: Boot and MBR.
I appreciate the ease of installation of Gag, however, my objectives still not being met, when I boot into the Windows partition, I get an error that shows little red squares in a diagonal pattern across the screen. No Windows? Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Jud [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 8:46 AM To: HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER; Mark Weisman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:50:03 -0500, HOLLOW, CHRISTOPHER [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Jud wrote: [snip] 3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader. URL: http://gag.sourceforge.net/. You can also Grub it up: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/ http://www.daemonnews.org/200102/grub.html Grub is a popular and well-supported OSS boot loader Absolutely. I've happily used Grub, but turned to GAG when I went to RAID-0. Grub is an excellent bootloader and learning tool. The only reason I didn't include it in my recommendations to the OP was that I figured he'd be happier at this point with something very easy and automagic. Jud ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Boot and MBR. Thank YOU!
Sorry for being such a pest, my boss kept asking why my computer wasn't working, and I'm not ready to ready for him to know I've got BSD loaded. I was in panic mode because I couldn't get my Windows XP screens and applications to come up. I deeply apologize, I was finally able to read all of your message Jerry and it worked they way you said it would. All is well, I'm on my way to prove that I can get twice the stuff I need through the open source community than we can buy through Microsoft. Thanks for all the posts and help. You guys rock! Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anti-Virus?
Anyone know of a good Anti-virus software that works on FBSD? Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Boot and MBR.
You are right, I have them setup originally under WinXP as partitions, then added FreeBSD to the second partition where it calls it a slice. Divided up the slice into the required folders. I have tested, and it is not cosmetic, in that when I select that menu item, the computer goes to the next row and stays indefinitely. I can put WinXP back on the computer if I have to, however, wouldn't that put the WinXP MBR on the box? I've gone in under fdisk and set the slice bootable, however nothing. I'm not sure how to install it now to just that slice. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:27 PM To: Mark Weisman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition had WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had WindowsXP installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition and had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is still bootable if I can get a pointer to it, currently the boot menu shows it as: F!: ?? F2: FreeBSD How can I get that first menu choice to look at the installation on the first partition as bootable? Making the machine a dual boot between the two system? The fact that it displays ?? is only a cosmetic problem. Have you tried selecting F1 to see if it will boot the XP slice? Mine does. Also, a side issue, in FreeBSD land, what you have is a disk with tw0 'slices' as apposed to partitions. Probably you have your FreeBSD slice divided up in to several 'partitions'. MS calls the primary divisions of a disk partitions, but in BSD UNIX land they are called slices. The second question I have, is can I put the command startx into my rc.conf file to have it boot directly into the x-server? Any help on these two would be awesome. Thanks. I have not been successfule with that sort of thing. Anyway, I don't think just putting it in rc.conf would do the trick because that just sets a bunch of variables in there. Then the stuff is actually run from rc (and some other places I think) using those variable values set in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf.. I think you might not want your startx to fire off until after you log in anyway.That would mean putting it in .login (if you have a csh or tcsh shell) and that is what didn't work for me, though I didn't try many variations. But, someone else better weigh in on this. jerry Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Boot and MBR.
Hey all, I've tried setting the MBR within fdisk from the FBSD side of the house, however, it won't set. I go through all the motions, yet when it goes to write it says that it can't write to drsk ad0. I then went into a dos boot using a Windows98 boot disk and made the partition active, it still will not boot into the Windows partition. For the life of me, I cannot think of how to fix this. I need some help, any ideas? Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic_One Internet Gaming Servers Anchorage, AK http://games.mystic1.net -- From: Jud Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 5:49 PM To: Mark Weisman; Jerry McAllister Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:18:01 -0900, Mark Weisman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot system? Which operating system do you put on first? I see that having WinXP setup in partitions is not a good idea, yet I'm not aware of how to load the system in just a slice? I would appreciate any and all help in trying to get this thing online. I need my workstation back as soon as possible. Thanks. [snip] I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition had WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had WindowsXP installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition and had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is still bootable if I can get a pointer to it, currently the boot menu shows it as: F!: ?? F2: FreeBSD How can I get that first menu choice to look at the installation on the first partition as bootable? Making the machine a dual boot between the two system? First off, don't worry about slice vs partition - Jerry was just telling you those are the names used by FreeBSD and Windows, respectively, for the same thing. Second, how to get your dual boot going - 1. I think if you do what you've already done in FreeBSD (set the Windows slice/partition bootable) and then type w to write the change, that should work. If it doesn't, two other alternatives - 2. If you have a Win9x emergency boot/system floppy hanging around, use fdisk to set the Windows partition/slice active, then reboot; or 3. Install GAG, a free, easy and automagical boot loader. URL: http://gag.sourceforge.net/. Hope this helps, Jud ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Boot and MBR.
Just out of curiosity what is the order in creating a dual boot system? Which operating system do you put on first? I see that having WinXP setup in partitions is not a good idea, yet I'm not aware of how to load the system in just a slice? I would appreciate any and all help in trying to get this thing online. I need my workstation back as soon as possible. Thanks. Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Mark Weisman Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:59 PM To: Jerry McAllister Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Boot and MBR. You are right, I have them setup originally under WinXP as partitions, then added FreeBSD to the second partition where it calls it a slice. Divided up the slice into the required folders. I have tested, and it is not cosmetic, in that when I select that menu item, the computer goes to the next row and stays indefinitely. I can put WinXP back on the computer if I have to, however, wouldn't that put the WinXP MBR on the box? I've gone in under fdisk and set the slice bootable, however nothing. I'm not sure how to install it now to just that slice. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net -Original Message- From: Jerry McAllister [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 1:27 PM To: Mark Weisman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Boot and MBR. I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition had WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had WindowsXP installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition and had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is still bootable if I can get a pointer to it, currently the boot menu shows it as: F!: ?? F2: FreeBSD How can I get that first menu choice to look at the installation on the first partition as bootable? Making the machine a dual boot between the two system? The fact that it displays ?? is only a cosmetic problem. Have you tried selecting F1 to see if it will boot the XP slice? Mine does. Also, a side issue, in FreeBSD land, what you have is a disk with tw0 'slices' as apposed to partitions. Probably you have your FreeBSD slice divided up in to several 'partitions'. MS calls the primary divisions of a disk partitions, but in BSD UNIX land they are called slices. The second question I have, is can I put the command startx into my rc.conf file to have it boot directly into the x-server? Any help on these two would be awesome. Thanks. I have not been successfule with that sort of thing. Anyway, I don't think just putting it in rc.conf would do the trick because that just sets a bunch of variables in there. Then the stuff is actually run from rc (and some other places I think) using those variable values set in /etc/defaults/rc.conf and /etc/rc.conf.. I think you might not want your startx to fire off until after you log in anyway.That would mean putting it in .login (if you have a csh or tcsh shell) and that is what didn't work for me, though I didn't try many variations. But, someone else better weigh in on this. jerry Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Boot and MBR.
I've got my primary drive divided in two partitions, one partition had WindowsXP and the other has FreeBSD 5.1-Release on it. I had WindowsXP installed and working until I put FreeBSD on the second partition and had it take control of the MBR. I know that the other partition is still bootable if I can get a pointer to it, currently the boot menu shows it as: F!: ?? F2: FreeBSD How can I get that first menu choice to look at the installation on the first partition as bootable? Making the machine a dual boot between the two system? The second question I have, is can I put the command startx into my rc.conf file to have it boot directly into the x-server? Any help on these two would be awesome. Thanks. Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Good comments
Lee, I'm not involved in FreeBSD in any way, however, currently all seven of my webservers and support group run on a flavor of FreeBSD dating all the way back to the 4.4-Stables that run DNS. The boxes run exceptionally well with uptimes in the teens of months. I've recently updated my primary webserver to 5.1 release, and other than a few of my own stupidity moments, it too rocks. I have installed this, and will continue to install this, and only this, operating system as the Internet system of choice. My two cents... Res Ipsa Loquitor, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman Site Master Mystic1.net -Original Message- From: lee slaughter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 9:31 AM To: Simon Barner Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Good comments Simon Barner wrote: Hi, I just bought BSDfree version 5.1 because I had very good comments about your operating system. Our company is planning to use as a NAT server . I want to know where can I take some courses to have at least the basics that it looks to be an awesome operating system. For a production system, the 5.x branch of FreeBSD (sic!) is not quite ready yet, so you should better go with FreeBSD 4.9 (FreeBSD 4.x is the so-called stable branch at the present). If you insist in deploying FreeBSD 5.x, please note that FreeBSD 5.2 is already out. I too bought shrink-wrapped 5.1 CD set from bookstore and now have it running pretty well. I really don't feel like re-installing it already but the implication is that if you (unwittingly) installed a -CURRENT, you need to keep it up, i.e. go today to 5.2, etc. I don't wanna do that. I'm newbie and my box is production-prone and I don't want bleeding edge and too ignorant to be in the -CURRENT branch. So are we recommended to go to 4.9-STABLE? (implying no updates until next -STABLE comes out? What are the dire consequences of staying with 5.1 until 5-STABLE comes out... and not always upgrading? tks. this is a great os and a great support group, btw. lee slaughter ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Making MACs and Windows talk
User, There are many different application that can be used to do this, however the first question I would have would be what are you wanting to do? Although this may sound a little redundant at this point, the reason I ask is that if you're talking about networking Mac's to a WindowsNT/2K Server, then you're done. By using Mac file sharing on the server, mission accomplished. Now if you're talking about having the Mac act like a PC, maybe run Windows as an OS, I recommend Connectix Virtual PC, which allows you to install all of the Windows OS, Linux, to name a few on the Mac running in a Virtual Machine. Natively, the newer Mac all speak TCP/IP, so networking is already there. File Sharing may be a little trickier if you're using a Peer-to-Peer style of network, however, it can be done. Let me know, His Humble Servant, Mark On Monday, July 22, 2002, at 03:20 AM, User wrote: I was tasked at work to network some Windows boxes with some Macs running OS 9.x. Anyone doing this and what programs do you recommend? Would like to use all open source if possible. Thanks, Tim -- FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE 6:17AM up 6 days, 19:05, 1 user, load averages: 3.02, 3.31, 3.64 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
